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[Illustration: PUNCH'S PARLIAMENTARY PUPPETS.]
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[Illustration: ULTIMA RATIO.]
_Small Rustic._ "YEOU CAN'T GO THAT WAY."
_Stalwart Young Lady_ (_out Sketching_). "WHY NOT?"
_Small Rustic._ "'CAUSE THERE'S--THERE'S HURDLES."
_Stalwart Young Lady._ "BUT I CAN GET OVER HURDLES."
_Small Rustic._ "AND THEN THERE'S THE BULL!"
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