Nephew by marriage_). He! he! he!

_The Great Grandmother_. Ay! ay! ay!

_The Half-sister's Nephew by marriage_ (_shuddering_). Oh! oh! oh!

_The Brother-in-law's Aunt_ (_to him_). You! you! you! [_The
Half-sister's Nephew by marriage descends and resolutely steps upon
the Blackbeetle. Curtain._

* * * * *

ENTÊTEMENT BRITANNIQUE.

RONDEAU.

_Mal à la tête_, _ennui_, _migraine_,
We risk in trying to explain
Why, though the Income-tax is high,
This country never can supply
Such galleries as line the Seine.

Yet gifts are treated with disdain,
Which gives the would-be donors pain,--
We've now a name to call _that_ by,
"_Mal à la_ TATE."

Next time an offer's made in vain
MACNEILL, or someone, will obtain,
Or ask, at least, the reason why,