invented to make
the surprise all the greater. A first-class adventure, in my opinion
spoilt by the sacrifice of originality to technicality.
* * * * *
"The girls, to the number of 116, escaped in their night
attire, and displayed great coolness."--_News of the World._
Very natural.
* * * * *
"Baron Evence Coppee, a Belgian, has been arrested on
the charge of furnishing coal to the enemy during the
war."--_Daily Paper._
With a name like that the copper could hardly miss him.
* * * * *
"Sir Robert is now satisfied, I understand, that there
is considerable merit in the adage 'all comes to he who
waits.'"--_Daily Paper._
SIR ROBERT seems easily pleased.
* * * * *
"ORCHESTRA (small), or few Instrumentalists, for sea-handling
Margarine and Butter in up-to-date style."--_Advt. in
Provincial Paper._
But we fear that some of the stuff met with nowadays would "beat the
band."
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