Out of Court the case was settled.
All my points were left unmade,
And the fee is left unpaid.

* * * * *

POLITE LEARNING.

[Professor LOMBROSO writes in the _Revue des Revues_ that all
women are liars. Mr. VICTOR HORSLEY writes in the _Times_ that
one of Miss COBBE's statements is a lie.]

Shameful, shocking, rude Professor!
CRICHTON BROWNE--your predecessor
In attacks, would-be suppressor
Of the higher
Education--once compared them
To the Pantaloon, and scared them,
But he was polite, and spared them
Words like "liar."

Lie, indeed! There is a middle
Course--say "fib" or "tarradiddle,"
"Not quite true," "A sort of riddle
Facts to smother."
We, who love the fair romancer--
Be she talker, singer, dancer,
What you will, she's sweet--we answer,
"You're another!"