Stranger. "Oh, no. I'm the new tax-collector."
"We published yesterday a protest from an eminent correspondent against the appointment of a British Ambassador to Berlin. We understand, nevertheless, that Lord D'Abernon has been selected for the appointment."—Times.
Sir William Orpen is already at work, we understand, on a picture for next year's Academy, entitled "David defying the Thunderer."
VANISHED GLORY.
(The Life-tragedy of a Military Wag.)
Time was I rocked the crowded tents
With laughter loud and hearty,
Librettist to the regiment's