But then he had those idiotic notions
about pluck, and he was reluctant to bribe his enemies. It is a very
dangerous thing to have notions about anything.
* * * * *
WANTED, A WORD-SLAYER.
_Fin de Siecle!_ Ah, that phrase, though taste spurn it, I
Fear, threatens staying with us to eternity.
Who _will_ deliver
Our nerves, all a-quiver,
From that pest-term, and its fellow "modernity"?
* * * * *
[Illustration: AT THE DOOR; OR, PATERFAMILIAS AND THE YOUNG SPARK.
_Electric Light_. "WHAT, WON'T YOU LET ME IN--A DEAR LITTLE CHAP LIKE
ME?"
_Householder_. "AH! YOU'RE A LITTLE TOO DEAR FOR ME--AT PRESENT."]
* * * * *
AT THE DOOR; OR, PATERFAMILIAS AND THE YOUNG SPARK.
(_AN ELECTRICAL ECLOGUE._)
["The cost is still heavy, no doubt, and the electric light
still stands in the category of luxuries which are almost
beyond the reach of average middle-class incomes."--_The
"Times" on the growth of Electric Lighting in London._]
_ELECTRIC SPRITE._
Old boy, let me in! Come, now, don't you be stupid!
Why stand at your door in that dubious way?
Like the classical girl who was called on by Cupid,
You seem half alarmed at the thought of my stay.
With meanings of mischief _my_ mind is not laden;
Be sure, my dear friend, that _I_ shall not sell _you_,
As the artful young archer-god did the poor maiden,
Who let him in only his visit to rue.
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