ENOUGH!"

_Old Flame (aside)_. "FLASHY YOUNG UPSTART!"]

["It is obvious that small tunnels for single lines, of the
usual standard gauge, may be constructed some distance below
the ground, and yet the atmosphere of such tunnels be as pure
as upon a railway on the surface."--_Illustrated London News,
on the City & South London Electric Company_.]

"_Young Spark_" _loquitur_:--

Your arm, my dear Madam! _This_ way, down the lift, Ma'am!
No danger at all, no discomfort, no dirt!
You love Sweetness and Light? They are both in my gift, Ma'am;
I'll prove like a shot what I boldly assert.
Don't heed your Old Flame, Ma'am, he's bitterly jealous,
'Tis natural, quite, with his nose out of joint;
You just let him bluster and blow like old bellows,
And try _me_ instead--_I_ will not disappoint!
Old Flame? He's a very fuliginous "Flame," Ma'am;
I wonder, I'm sure, how you've stood him so long;
He has choked you for years--'tis a thundering shame, Ma'am!
High time the Young Spark put a term to his wrong.
Just look at me! Am I not trim, smart, and sparkling,
As clean as a pin, and as bright as a star?
Compare me with him, who stands scowling and darkling!
So gazed the old gallant on Young LOCHINVAR.

He's ugly and huffy, and smoky, and stuffy,