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[Illustration: THE PENALTY OF FAME.
_Small Boy_ (_with shrill voice_).
"'FIGHTIN'--WITH--THE SEV'NTH--ROYAL FUSILIERS--THE
FAMOUS FUSILIERS--THE
FIGHTIN' FUSILIERS,'" &C., &C.
_Irritable War-Office Clerk._ "CON-FOUND THE SEVENTH ROYAL FUSILIERS!
I'M SICK OF 'EM! BLEST IF I DON'T PACK 'EM OFF TO THE CHANNEL
ISLANDS!" (_Does so._)]
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MEM. FOR THE NEXT EPSOM MEETING,--WHY is the Winner of the Derby
always like a _Table d' hôte_?--Because he's so much ahead.
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