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[Illustration: EARLY TACT.
_Aunty Rose._ "AND HOW OLD DO YOU THINK _I_ AM, TOMMY?"
_Tommy._ "WELL--SIXTY-THREE?"
_Aunty Rose._ "OH, YOU FLATTERER! WHY, I'M PAST EIGHTY!"
_Tommy._ "AH! I _THOUGHT_ YOU WERE; BUT I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME
TO _SAY_ SO, YOU KNOW."]
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TROUBLES IN MADAGASCAR.--Not by any means at an end. Most probably all
"Hova" again.
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