Patriotic Scots Lady (patrolling Victoria main-line station to assist any of her stranded countrymen arriving from the Front). "Can I help you in any way?"
Perplexed Scot. "Thank you, Mam. Is the toon far frae the station?"
"Mrs. Humphry Ward seems to have gone for inspiration to contemporary characters, and now in 'Tasker Jevons' it is difficult not to find the lineaments of a well-known writer."
Evening Standard.
Quite so: and Miss May Sinclair made A Great Success of it.
NURSERY RHYMES OF LONDON TOWN.
II.—King's Cross.
King's Cross!
What shall we do?