Miss Tregushing. "Oh yes! there are such lovely Seas and Skies in Cornwall, and such Rocks and Caves—and Seals—and the most magnificent wild Waves you ever saw—and——"
Mrs. Frou-Frou. "But no Dress-makers, I suppose!"
JOHN STANDS ALOOF.
(Shimonoseki, 1895.)
["Circumstances might arise, of course, in which we should feel called upon to safeguard our interests, but so far we discern no adequate ground for interference."—The "Times" on the Joint Protest of Russia, France and Germany against the annexation portion of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.]
Air—"The Heathen Chinee."
John Bull sings:—
I stand by, and I mark,
And I see some things plain;