. Clara In Blunderland. ughly. 44 And, said the Turnturtle, I was taughtMathematics—Sedition, Abstraction, Stultifica-tion, and Provision. Whats the use of Provision ? askedClara. To teach you how to provide for yourself,of course, said the Turnturtle. 44 I masteredthat rule. 44 But didnt they teach you any real sums likethe Rule-of-Three ? asked Clara. 44 No, replied the Turnturtle, scornfully, Iworked that out for myself, and the answer was,Steyn, Schreiner, and ME. The Dragon, who didnt seem to care muchfor questions of modern education, said abruptlyto the Turnturtle : 44 That professional
. Clara In Blunderland. ughly. 44 And, said the Turnturtle, I was taughtMathematics—Sedition, Abstraction, Stultifica-tion, and Provision. Whats the use of Provision ? askedClara. To teach you how to provide for yourself,of course, said the Turnturtle. 44 I masteredthat rule. 44 But didnt they teach you any real sums likethe Rule-of-Three ? asked Clara. 44 No, replied the Turnturtle, scornfully, Iworked that out for myself, and the answer was,Steyn, Schreiner, and ME. The Dragon, who didnt seem to care muchfor questions of modern education, said abruptlyto the Turnturtle : 44 That professional spouterof yours, Doctor Leyds, wasnt exactly a top-side success, was he? Clever young fellow,too. Nice, gentleman-like manners, goodaddress. Christian, too, I understand ? 44 They imposed upon him, snapped theTurnturtle; 44and he, poor fellow, withoutknowing it, Im sure, imposed upon me. Digitized by Google DRAGON AND TURNTURTLE. 131 The Dragon rolled with laughter. I nearlydied of suffocation, he said, when I saw in. the papers that you expected France andGermany to fight your battles. Why, my dearfellow, it was a monstrous thing. They canteven afford to fight each other! Digitized by Google 132 DRAGON AND TURNTURTLE. Leyds did his best/ sighed the Turnturtle ; but what makes it so bitter is the money itcost. Why! weVe been keeping the editorialstaffs of Continental newspapers for the lastten years. And then, spreading out hisfins in despair, he broke into the followingdirge:— Will you join our little gamble ? said the Doc/or tothe Gauls, u Therell be heaps of pretty pickings when the monsterBritain falls ; See how Christianlike the journalists of Christian Part*write I Sin$e weve paid them to shout 1 Kroojerf; will youcome and join the fight ?Will you, wont you, will you, won91 you, will you jointhe fight? Will you, wont you, will you, wont you, wont you jointhe fight? You can really have no notion how your commerce willget on, We can go for Sam together, when weve kicke
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