Show royal witticism in a biography of leech the painter who at one time acted as draw ing master to queen the ahe late mr W P frith related an amusing story illustrating her maje wit one day in the course of a lesson the queen let her pencil tall fall to tho the ground doth both master and pupil stooped at the same moment to pick it up when to the horror of 0 leech there was a collision the masters head bead striking that of his royal pupil before he could stammer out an apology however the queen smilingly said eald well mr leech it if we bring our heads beads together in this way I 1 ought to improve rapidly |