"ANTIQUE, over a hundred years old, oak sideboard, brand new
... Apply after 6.30."
_Evening News_.
Surely after this candour there is no help to be got out of the
twilight hour.
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"Mr. Robert ----, who is now manager, entered his late
employer's service three or four months after he commenced,
and remained with him until he gave up."
_Local Paper_.
"They have their exits and their entrances"--the former in this case
being the more satisfactory.
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[Illustration: _Intending Purchaser_ (_to Artist, who is selling his
house_.) "DID YOU PUT THOSE FIGURES ON THE WALLS?"
_Artist_ (_modestly, though regarding them as a strong asset_.) "OH,
YES--I--"
_Intending Purchaser_. "WELL, THEY DON'T REALLY MATTER. A COAT OF
WHITEWASH WOULD SOON PUT THAT RIGHT."]
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