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[Illustration: _Shortsighted and quick-tempered Master of Hounds._
"HI! WHAT D'YE MEAN BY HEADING MY HOUNDS WITH THAT INFERNAL CAR? HOW
THE DEUCE CAN YOU HUNT IN A THING LIKE THAT, SIR?"]
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"To Let, permanent, Furnished Sitting-Boots (size 6);
20s."--_Local Paper_.
No, thanks; we already have a pair that are no good for walking.
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[Illustration: _Enthusiastic Lady (at Musical At Home)_. "DO YOU
REMEMBER WHAT THIS TUNE IS OUT OF, DOCTOR? USED TO BE ALL THE RAGE
WHEN WE WERE IN OUR 'TEENS. TUM--TUM--TUM--TUM--TUM--TUM--TUM--TUM?"
_Eminent Dyspepsia Specialist_. "THE WORDS ARE FAMILIAR."]
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