THE ADVENTURER

My word! I'm the chap for adventures!

There's nothing on earth I can n't do,

From dabbling in doubtful debentures

To paddling a birch-bark canoe!

At golf, when I get into trouble,

How‘ dead’ my approaches are laid!

At bridge, how I dauntlessly double

Each spade!

While as for lawn-tennis, there never was yet

A player who volleyed so hard at the net!

At chess I've invented a gambit

That fills my opponents with dread;

At billiards I do n't care a d —— bit

How often I pocket the red!

In water I swim like a salmon,

At football I kick all the goals;

I'm simply first-class at backgammon

Or bowls,

And, really, I'm equally deft and adroit

When I'm handling a mallet or pitching a quoit!

And now for employment I hanker

Where gifts such as mine are of use;

( A character, backed by my banker,

I'm only too glad to produce ).

A life of adventure that's brimming

With badminton, bridge, and canoes,

With simple mechanics and swimming,

I'd choose ——

A life for a man who's‘ well up in finance,’

With a sprinkling of sport and a dash of romance!