"No, dear. It was imagination!"
"Are 'maginations white behind?"
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IMPROVING THE SHINING HOUR.--_The new Governess._ What are the
comparative and superlative of _bad_, Berty?
_Berty_ (_the Doctor's son_). Bad--worse--dead.
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A CAPITAL CHOICE.--_Cousin Amy._ So you haven't made up your mind yet
what _profession_ you're going to be when you grow up, Bobby.
_Bobby._ Well, yes! I don't exactly know what it's called, you know, but
it's living in the country, and keeping lots of horses and dogs, and all
that!
[_Bobby's papa is a curate, with L200 a year._
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[Illustration: EARLY INGENUITY.
"Whatever _are_ you children doing?"
"Oh, we've found pa's false teeth, and we're trying to fit them on to
the baby, 'cos he hasn't got any!"]
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