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From two consecutive items of "News in a Nutshell" in the _North-Eastern
Daily Gazette_:--
"Lieut. ----, of an infantry regiment at Lemburg, Austria, fell fast
asleep on February 14, and all efforts to wake him have proved futile
ever since.
A sleeper weighing 8 cwt. was found on the Great Western Railway near
Banbury just before the arrival of a train from the north."
However, it was not the lieutenant.
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[Illustration: THINGS THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE PUT DIFFERENTLY.
"HOW DE DO, LADY SMYTHE? I'VE JUST DRIVEN THE MOTOR OVER TO FETCH MY WIFE
AWAY."
"HOW NICE OF YOU, ADMIRAL; BUT I DO WISH YOU'D COME SOONER."]
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