"LYING LOW."
["The Chancellor of the Exchequer has preserved, with admirable composure, an oracular silence during the controversies of the past few weeks. It is sad to think that the despairing appeals of the Ministerial Press to Sir William Harcourt to 'remember his swashing blow' may remain unanswered until the opening of the debate on the Address some two months hence."—The Times.]
"Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn!
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haycock, fast asleep(?)"
Old Nursery Rhyme.
Much worrited Old Liberal Party loquitur:—
O little Boy Blue!—('tis a sweet name for you,
Though Pickwickian, perhaps, in suggestiveness!)—