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"Mr. P. G. H. Fender, the Surrey cricket captain who has gone
out with the M.C.C. team to Australia, is preparing a book on
the tour, for which he has chosen the title of 'Defending the
Ashes.'"--_Weekly Paper._
Quite the proper function for a FENDER.
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[Illustration: _Tailor (to yokel who has brought suit back)._ "WHAT'S
WRONG? DON'T THEY FIT?"
_Yokel._ "OH, AY, THEY _FIT_ ALL RIGHT, BUT (_pointing to
fashion-plates_) WOT'S USE O' THEY PICTURES IF YOU BAIN'T GOIN' TO BIDE
BY UN."]
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