A NICE LITTLE BIT OF FISH.]

[Illustration: _WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY._

_Foxhunting Doctor._ "NOT BE IN TIME! OH, NONSENSE! SEND MY HORSE

ON,--SEE MY PATIENTS EARLY,--DRESS IN THE BROUGHAM,--THERE I AM!" (_and

we hope he may have a good run_).

[_We have been obliged to take the side of the carriage out, which

perhaps the kind reader will excuse._

]

[Illustration: _PATIENCE REWARDED._

_Piscator._ "A-HAH! GOT YOU AT LAST, HAVE I?--AND A FINE WEEK'S TROUBLE

I'VE HAD TO CATCH YOU!"]

[Illustration: _SERVANTGALISM._--No. X.

_Servant Gal._ "I TELL YOU WHAT, COOK; WITH MY BEAUTY AND FIGGER,

I AIN'T A GOIN' TO STOP IN SARVICE NO LONGER; I SHALL BE ORF TO

HORSETRAYLIER."]

[Illustration: _JOHN THOMAS NON-PLUSHED._

_Tax Collector._ "JOHN THOMAS MOONCALF?"

_John Thomas._ "--ESQUIRE, THAT'S ME!"

_Tax Collector._ "THEN BE SO GOOD AS TO FILL UP THIS INCOME-TAX PAPER

AND RETURN IT TO ME BEFORE TWENTY DAYS!"]

[Illustration: _EDUCATION IN THE MINING DISTRICTS._

_Jemoimer._ "BIST THOU A GOIN' TO SKULE, ELOYZA?"

_Eloyza._ "NOT HI, JEMOIMER. THEY GID US TEA AND BUNS LARST WEEK, AND

WE SHA'T HAN NO MOORE TILL CUM CRISMUS; SO MUTHER SAYS AS HOW IT AIN'T

NO USE."]

[Illustration: _UNCONSCIOUS SATIRE._

"THERE, BABY DEAR, LOOK AT THE PRETTY SOLDIERS!"]

[Illustration: _AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE FOOT GUARDS._

_Heavy Swell._ "WHAT'S THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE MEN IN YOUR REGIMENT,

CHARLEY?"

_Swell in the Guards._ "DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE--AW--BUT TEN GO TO THE

TON."]

[Illustration: _THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUTH._

_Juvenile._ "I WONDER WHETHER THAT GURL HAS GOT ANY TIN--FOR I FEEL

MOST OWDACIOUSLY INCLINED TO GO AND CUT THAT FELLOW OUT."]

[Illustration: _A VISIT TO A DOG-FANCIER._]

[Illustration: _TRIUMPH OF MIND OVER MATTER._

_Old Gent._ "AND PRAY WHO IS YOUR FRIEND WITH THE COFFEE POT?"

_Small Boy._ "THAT? OH! HE'S MY FAG--HE GETS ME MY BREAKFAST AND SUCH

LIKE, BUT I ALWAYS LEAVE HIM SOME CRUMPETS--AND _NEVER BULLY HIM_!"]

[Illustration: _WHAT, INDEED?_

_Stern Parent._ "I TELL YOU, SIR, I WILL NOT ALLOW IT--AND DON'T LET

ME SEE ANY MORE NASTY PIPES OR TOBACCO IN THIS HOUSE."

_Young Williams._ "BOO-HOO--AND WHAT'S A FELLOW TO DO WHEN ALL THE MEN

OF HIS OWN AGE SMOKE?"]

[Illustration: _DID YOU EVER!_

_Friend._ "WELL, SPRAT, MY BOY--AND HOW DO YOU GET ON, NOW YOU'RE

MARRIED?"

_Sprat._ "H'M! PRETTY BOBBISH--BUT THERE'S ONE THING MAKES IT DOOCID

UNCOMFORTABLE SOMETIMES--ENTRE NOUS--MRS. S. IS _SO CONFOUNDEDLY

JEALOUS OF ME_."]

[Illustration: _MORAL INFLUENCE OF EXECUTIONS._

"WHERE 'AVE WE B'N? WHY, TO SEE THE COVE 'UNG, TO BE SURE!"]

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