"Brenda? You?" I gasped. "I thought----"
"Such a splendid maid she is," Brenda went on. "You'll never find her equal
if you try for ten years."
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[Illustration: _Mistress._ "TOO MANY WEEDS, WILLIAM."
_William._ "LET 'EM BIDE, MUM. NOTHING LIKE WEEDS TO SHOW YOUNG PLANTS 'OW
TO GROW."]
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Eccentric Behaviour of a Cuckoo.
"The summer-like weather which set in during the week-end has been
marked by the arrival of the cuckoo, which was heard at Shanklin on
Saturday and on Sunday morning at Staplers, bursting into full flower
of plum and pear trees, and general activity in the gardens and
fields."--_Local Paper._
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"He (Mr. Asquith) could only say 'O Sanctas Simplicitas.' (Laughter.)"
_Irish Paper._
"I can only say: 'O sanctus simplicitus!'"
_Yorkshire Paper._
Neither version seems to us quite worthy of an ex-Craven Scholar.
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