Niece. "That's very kind of him, Auntie; but I hope you don't expect us to cling to his apron strings all the time."
THE BEER-FIGHT.
Suggested by Mr. Chesterton's "The Flying Inn."
Of G. K. C. a tale I tell, of Gilbert Chesterton,
And how he met Gambrinus once and how they carried on.
Each roared a lusty challenge out, as only topers can,
And sat him down and called for beer, and then the bout began.
One had a Seidel to his hand, and one a pewter pot;
They drank potations pottle deep, in fact they drank a lot.