"And has she got a Dog, too, Mummy?"
"No, Darling, only a Cushion!"
"Ah, I suppose her Daddy wouldn't buy her a Bow-wow-wow!"
THE "FORLORN HOPE."
["It is understood (says the Daily News) that Mr. Gladstone will speak in Edinburgh on Wednesday, September 27, on the action of the House of Lords in rejecting the Home-Rule Bill. His followers are expecting him to give the word of command for an attack on the Upper House.">[
"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came!" So runs
The boding refrain Browning visioned out.
Childe Roland valiant was, and wondrous stout;
But that Dark Tower, which never noonday suns,