And how she strove with spade and spud.
Or nipped the green fly on the bud.
'Tis she that really soothes the brain,
Spreading her weeds in bright profusion,
And never troubling to explain
How much they owe to her collusion,
While, Thomas, your achievements seem
To be your one and only theme.
Mr. J. C. Parke, writing in The Strand Magazine on the best way to beat Wilding, says:—