patterns round. I know a good way to make a slate-pencil squeak, but I won't put it in because I don't want to make it common.—Sub-Editor.
Peppermint is a great help with arithmetic. The boy who was second in the Oxford Local always did it. He gave me two. The examiner said to him, "Are you eating peppermints?" And he said, "No, Sir." He told me afterwards it was quite true, because he was only sucking one. I'm glad I wasn't asked. I should never have thought of that, and I could have had to say "Yes."—Oswald.
The Wreck of the "Malabar."
By Noël
(Author of "A Dream of Ancient Ancestors)." He isn't really—but he put it in to make it seem more real.
Hark! what is that noise of rolling
Waves and thunder in the air?
'Tis the death-knell of the sailors [Malabar.
And officers and passengers of the good ship
It was a fair and lovely noon
When the good ship put out of port
And people said "Ah little we think
How soon she will be the elements' sport."
