"'THE SNOTTY."
(To THE Emma or THE " Sercreree."1
Sift—The delightfully terse and pointed article which you pub- lished in the Spectator last week on " The Snotty " reminds me of a story I heard the other day about that type of young gentleman. The story displays him in a character which the writer of your article would no doubt regard as at once amusing and deplorable.
A Midshipman had been dunned by his laundress for many months for the payment of a bill. At last, losing patience, she wrote to him that if a cheque were not sent to her by a particular date she would take legal proceedings. The Midshipman remained as unmoved as before, and the fetal date passed with nothing done. Two days later the laundress telegraphed: "Cheque not received. Please explain." Whereupon the "Snotty" answered by telegram n "No cause for alarm. Cheque not sent." Though the boy would not pay his bill, the joke was irresistibly worth the price of the
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