Traveller_. So it is. Don't let him see us with these dreadful
parcels. (_Angrily_) Why don't you turn round? He'll see you.

_Major Merriman_. How do you do?

_Lady Traveller_ (_in great surprise_). Oh, how do you do, Major Merriman?
We've been having such an amusing experience, etc., etc.

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What made Lord Devonport Dizzy.

"The following resolution was unanimously passed, and ordered to be
sent to the Prime Minister and the Food Controller (Lord
Beaconsfield)."--_The Western Gazette_.

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"Lamp-posts and trees and other pedestrians were found with unpleasant
and sometimes violent frequency."--_Beckenham Journal_.

That's the worst of a fog; landmarks will keep on walking about.

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_A propos_ of the TSAR'S manifesto:--

"The _Retch_, says: 'The order puts the dot on all the
"t's."'"--_Provincial Paper_.

It is a far, far better thing to dot your "t's" than cross your "i's."

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[Illustration: THE DAWN OF DOUBT.

GRETCHEN. "I WONDER IF THIS GENTLEMAN REALLY IS MY GOOD ANGEL AFTER ALL!"]

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[Illustration: _Benevolent Gentleman_. "YOU MUST BE CAREFUL, MY MAN, OR YOU
WILL GET CLERGYMAN'S SORE THROAT."]

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NURSERY RHYMES OF LONDON TOWN.

(SECOND SERIES.)

XV.--THE TOWER.

They put a Lady in the Tower,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!
They put a Lady in the Tower
And told her she was in their power
And left her there for half-an-hour,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!

They put a Padlock on the Chain,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!
They put a Padlock on the Chain,
But they left the Key in the South of Spain,
So the Lady took it off again,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!

They put a Bulldog at the Door,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!
They put a Bulldog at the Door,
He was so old he could only snore,
And he'd lost his Tooth the day before,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!

They put a Beefeater at the Gate,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!
They put a Beefeater at the Gate,
But as his age was eighty-eight
His Grandmother said he couldn't wait,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!

They put a Prince to watch the Stair,
Heigh-o, fiddlededee!
They put a Prince to watch the Stair,
But he had a Golden Ring to spare,
So he married the Lad