my very nose."_ 115

_"It was here," I said, reverently, "that the swan of
Avon was hatched!"_ 129

_"Ascended his bicycle with a waggish winkle in his eye."_ 141

_"Pitch it strong, my respectable Sir!"_ 151

_"Huzza! Tol-de-rol-loll!"_ 157

_"A royal command from the Queen-Empress."_ 169

_"Would be greatly improved by the simple addition
of some knee-caps."_ 179

_"I am addressed by an underbred street-urchin as a
'Blooming Blacky!'"_ 187

_"Of incredible bashfulness and bucolical appearance."_ 191

_"I presented my trophy and treasure-trove to the
fairylike Miss Wee-Wee."_ 203

_"Whether he had wha-haed wi' hon'ble Wallace?"_ 209

_Baboo Chuckerbutty Ram._ 219

_"Fresh as a daisy, and fine as a carrot fresh scraped."_ 227

_Mr Justice Honeygall._ 237

_Witherington, Q.C._ 247

_"Jabberjee's face gradually lengthens."_ 261

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[Illustration: _Baboo Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A._]

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