We are asked to deny that the fire which broke out at the bookstall at the Hampstead station of the North London Railway last week was produced spontaneously by a copy of one of Miss Victoria Cross’s novels.
Bather. “I say! I say! The current is frightfully strong; I’m being carried out.”
Bathing Attendant. “All right, Sir, all right! I’ve got me eye on yer!”
THE USES OF OCEAN.
(Lines written in an irresponsible holiday mood.)