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[Illustration: _Joseph Rouletabille_ (Mr. ARTHUR PUSEY) to _Frederic
Larsan_ (Mr. FRANKLIN DYALL). "FATHER, I AM A JOURNALIST; I CANNOT
TELL A LIE. YOU DID IT!"]
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Our Erudite Contemporaries.
"No doubt the inhabitants of the seaside resorts are duly
grateful as they turn their faces to the trippers and the sun.
Like Niobe, they are all smiles."--_Provincial Paper._
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"It certainly was a heavy swell, but the good ship 'Onward'
had, so to speak, got its sea legs, and so had the party
aboard; and although we rolled, it was a long steady roll
which in time became almost most enjoyable."
_Isle of Man Weekly Times._
It is on occasions like these that the Manxman finds his third leg so
useful.
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