We thought him rather knave than fool.
Migrating thence to Oxford, he
Failed to secure a pass degree.
Years sped—some twenty—ere again
Jim Startin swam into my ken.
I met him strolling down the Strand
Well-dressed, well-nourished, sleek and bland,
A high-class journalistic swell—
The Headline Expert of The Yell.
Great at the art, in peaceful days,