, Monitor.

     And just as old

      Canute

     (or

      Knut

     )

     Stopped not to parley when he found

     His line of exit nearly cut,

     But moved his feet to drier ground,

     So too that other Monarch, much concerned

     About his safety, looked no longer foam-ward,

     But said, "This sea's too much for me," and turned

     Strategically home-ward.

   O. S.

   "They do say as this old Keyser or Geyser or whatever 'e calls 'isself be goin' to 'op it."

   "Afraid of 'is life, if t'other side should win—that it?"

   "Likely 'e is—an' well may be. T'other side be our side in that case, bain't it?"

   "That's it. An' it's 'im for 'isself an' the rest for theirselves, from what I can see."

   "This old Keyser, 'e's to blame for most ev'rythin' happenin' nowadays. Reg'lar firebran' in our midst, 'e do seem."

   "Daresay 'e was drove to it, if we could but see all."

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