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IN-DOOR AMUSEMENT FOR OLD PEOPLE.--The game of croakey.
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HOW TO LEARN TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.--Play at croquet.
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FOR THE DRAWING-ROOM (_When there's a dead silence._)--My first is a
bird; my second's a letter of the alphabet: my whole is some game.
_Explanation._ Crow. K. (_Croquet._)
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[Illustration: _Lucy Mildmay_ (_who is fond of technical terms_). "By
the way--a--are they playing '_Rugby_' or '_Association_'?"]
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[Illustration: "OUT! FIRST BALL! A CATCH!!"]
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A PLAYER who sprained his wrist at lawn-tennis explained that "he had
been trying a regular _wrenchaw_, and did it effectually."
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