THE SWORD EXCALIBUR.
A Very Topsy-turvied Arthurian Legend Up-to-Date.
Dramatis Personæ.
| King Arthur (for this occasion) The Bold Sir Bedivere Sir Gawain (just to oblige) Mordred Sir Lancelot | Sir W. H-rc-urt. Mr. J-hn M-rl-y. L-rd R-s-b-ry. Mr. Jn. R-dm-nd. Mr. G——. |
Then, ere that last weird battle 'gainst the Lords,
There came on Arthur, sleeping, in his chair,
At Malwood—musing, by his own fireside,
After much totting up of Trade Returns,
And Navy Estimates—a whisper blown
Along a wandering wind, and in his ear