THE NEW SUIT

Willie Fiddle D. D. boasted twenty-five years;

He’d frittered his life quite away.

He lisped in a manner which moved one to tears,

And answered to all things, “I say!”

He sported a monocle really de trop,

And dined at Martin’s every night;

He talked of the gossip about “so-and-so”,

But “nevvah, ah nevvah,” talked “fight”.

Now grandfather D. had a plethoric purse