[Illustration: _Manager._ "But, my dear Sir, you don't seem to have the
physique for an engagement of this kind!"
_Applicant._ "That's just it. You see, I've been rather run down for
some time, and my doctor advised me to take a turn or two in the arena
for the sake of my health."]
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"By road it is vastly different: there is an 80 mile sand desert
to negotiate, and hundreds of miles of rutty roads and rocky
bush tracks to drive over; yet Mr. Murray Aunger, of Adelaide,
averaged 38 hours per mile from capital to capital."--_Advt._
If it wasn't for the chance of being photographed we should always
prefer to walk this bit.
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"'I am,' he answered in rather indifferent English."
_"Derby Advertiser" feuilleton_.
Very indifferent, we call it. How much better if he could have answered,
"Your statement of the position is not wholly unwarranted by the facts,"
or something snappy like that.