IN THE MIDLANDS

_Belated Hunting Man_ (_to Native_). "Can you kindly point out the way

to the Fox and Cock Inn?"

_Native._ "D'ye mean the Barber's Arms?"

_B. H. M._ "No, the Fox and Cock!"

_Native._ "Well, that's what we call the Barber's Arms."

_B. H. M._ "Why so?"

_Native_ (_with a hoarse laugh_). "Well, ain't the Fox and Cock the same

as the Brush and Comb?"

[_Vanishes into the gloaming, leaving the B. H. M. muttering those

words which are not associated with benediction, while he wearily

passes on his way._

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