"Will any kind lady adopt nice healthy baby girl, 6 weeks old,
good parentage; seen London."--_Times_.
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"The King has given £100 to the Victoria Station free buffet
for sailors and soldiers."--_The Times_.
In the days of RICHARD I. it was a commoner who furnished the King in
this respect. _Vide_ Sir WALTER SCOTT'S _Ivanhoe_, vol. ii., chap.
9: "Truly, friend," said the Friar, clenching his huge fist, "I will
bestow a buffet on thee."
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[Illustration: _Prisoner_ (_on his dignity_). "BUT YOU VOS NOT KNOW
VOT I AM. I AM A SERGEANT-MAJOR IN DER PRUSSIAN GUARD."
_Tommy_. "WELL, WOT ABAHT IT? I'M A PRIVATE IN THE WEST KENTS."]
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