333 If " Many evil slippers " then Would quickly mount the flight Of office steps. The moaning grew Louder and louder still— The sort of noise which one can hear Inside a water mill. The crashing grew and then a roar Filled all the air around ; The sort of roar for which the Mount Vesuvius is renowned. And then a click, a kind of clang, A dull, metallic sound ; A sound as if some spectre chains Came clattering to the ground. Then all was still, a gleam appeared Above the office steps ; I looked to see the " Black and White f1 And hoped for even Schweppes. The lights went on, a face appeared, " I've seen the ghost," I said. I turned around and to the House I very quickly sped. I've seen the ghost, a real true ghost, And I'll give you the gist Of what I saw. The ghost appeared just like our organist. In fear I took my pen and tried, Was forced, to write so fast ; And that is why the first four lines Are different from the last. THE COUNT.
Thochey. RETROSPECT. The Press of England now holds such an exalted position that it is dangerous to be a free lance contributing to an oldestablished paper with a steady and certified circulation. One simply must obey the adamant editor-in-chief and send in the " copy " by a given date. Otherwise, it might have been tempting to have waited until the Old Peterite match was over, and heard whether any of the Old Peterites dared to mutter that " the XI was good, I admit, but in my day we beat so and so." Possibly they may like to think so, but as a keen follower of form (that is, I believe, the technical term), I am quite confident that, as a team, the team of 1933 is not only outstanding, but the best
