"ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY!"

Hostess. "I'VE GOT SUCH A COLD TO-DAY. I FEEL QUITE STUPID!"

Prize Idiot (calling). "I'VE GOT A BAD COLD TOO; BUT I DON'T FEEL PARTICULARLY STUPID!

Hostess. "AH, I SEE YOU'RE NOT QUITE YOURSELF!"


THE POLITICAL JOHNNY GILPIN.

(Lately-discovered Fragments of a Grand Old Ballad, the Sequel to which may—or may not—turn up later on.)