SONG OF THE SCORCHER.

(After reading the Protests and Plans of the Cyclophobists)

I know I'm a "scorcher," I know I am torcher

To buffers and mivvies who're not up to date;

But grumpy old geesers, and wobbly old wheezers,

Ain't goin' to wipe me and my wheel orf the slate.

I mean to go spinning and 'owling and grinning

At twelve mile an hour through the thick of the throng.

And shout, without stopping, whilst, frightened and flopping,

My elderly victims like ninepins are dropping,—