"Yes, mummy; but I'm _so_ hungry. There was only a _now and then_ tea,
you know; with no chairs, and no grace!"
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NATURE'S LOGIC.--_Papa._ How is it, Alice, that _you_ never get a prize
at school?
_Mamma._ And that your friend, Louisa Sharp, gets so many?
_Alice_ (_innocently_). Ah! Louisa Sharp has got such clever parents!
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[Illustration: "FIAT EXPERIMENTUM," &c.--Scene--_A Christmas family
gathering at a country house. Old Bachelor Guest_ (_violently awakened
out of his morning snooze._) "Who'sh there?" _The Grandchildren_
(_shouting in chorus, and banging at his door_). "Oh, Mr.
Bulkley--please--Mr. Bulkley--do get up--and go on the pond--'pa
says--'cause--gran'ma says--we may--if it'll bear you--it'll bear us!"]
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[Illustration: SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY
_Ada._ "What horrid things _black-beetles_ are, Miss Grimm! The kitchen
is full of them!"
_The Governess._ "I agree with you, Ada! But as they are not _beetles_,
and not _black_, perhaps you will call them _cock-roaches_ for the
future!"
_Ada._ "Certainly, Miss Grimm; although they are not _roaches_, and not
_cocks_!"]
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