3 The King calls for his bowl. No reply. He takes from adjacent peg his bowler, which he dons.
4 The King calls for his three fiddlers. No reply. Eventually enter three fiddles with low bows. The King picks one up, and begins to play. Many dogs come about him, and sit around howling.
5 A crowd arrives, kneeling, and praying him to desist. Not having a crown on, the King borrows half-a-crown from each member of the congregation. This is apt to confound a fellow kneeling, so they rise.
6 The King thus assisting them to rise is hailed as King Borwick I., afterwards altered, on better acquaintance, to King Borrowit.
7 Having the fiddlers hanged on lamp-posts leads to misprision of trees on the green. But the King can do no wrong. He goes to write, and is left alone.
TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN
1 Mountain scenery in Wales. Cricket at Criccieth. Stoolball at Llyngwllws.
2 Taffy at school, stealing marbles from playmates, while they steal a march on him. The Welsh Marches.
3 Taffy arrives at my house, and makes guarded enquiries as to location of larder. His questions parried. We retire to sleep.