[Illustration: No. III.
LANDING OF TOM NODDY. HIS HORSE HAVING HAD ENOUGH OF IT, RETURNS TO HIS
STABLE.]
[Illustration: _ADVENTURES OF MR. TOM NODDY._--No. IV.
OUR FRIEND HAS A DAY WITH THE BROOKSIDE HARRIERS.--WITH HIS USUAL
PRUDENCE HE GETS A HORSE ACCUSTOMED TO THE HILLS.]
[Illustration: _DOMESTIC ECONOMY._
_Newly Married Daughter_ (_whose husband's income is, if anything,
decidedly limited_). "--AND SEE HERE, PAPA, DEAR, WE ARE GETTING ON SO
BEAUTIFULLY WITH OUR FURNISHING! WE BOUGHT THESE LOVELY GOLD AND SILVER
INDIAN ELEPHANTS AT A SALE THE OTHER DAY, AND ONLY GAVE FIFTY POUNDS
FOR THEM; WASN'T IT CHEAP? WE ONLY WANT A LITTLE CRACKED CHINA TO MAKE
THE ROOM QUITE COMFORTABLE!"]
[Illustration: _A CAUTIOUS BIRD._
_Lobkins._ "WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MARRYIN'--FOR YER SEE, AFTER THE
KNOT WAS TIED, SOME OTHER GAL MIGHT BE FALLIN' IN LOVE WITH ONE--AND
THAT WOULD BE SO DOOCED AWKWARD!"]
[Illustration: _FORTUNE'S FAVOURITE._
_First Snob._ "YOU KNOW THAT JOLLY LITTLE GIRL, JULIA BINKS?"
_Second Snob._ "ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD."
_First Snob._ "WELL! SHE'S BEEN STICKING UP TO ME LIKE BRICKS, BUT
I CAN'T RETURN HER AFFECTION, BECAUSE I'M SO DEUCED SWEET WITH THE
PLANTAGENET GALS."]
[Illustration: _WANTING IN REVERENCE._
_Coster_ (_to extremely genteel person_). "I SAY, GUVNER, GIVE US A
HIST WITH THIS 'ERE BILIN' O' GREENS!"]
[Illustration: _JEW D'ESPRIT._
_Young Sholomunsh_ (_to Young_ SNOBLEY, _who is attired in his very
best_). "NOW, SIR! LET ME SHELL YOU A NISH SHUIT OF CLOSHE, MAKE YER
GOOD ALLOWANCE FOR THE OLD UNS YER'VE GOT ON!"
[SNOBLEY'S _feelings may be imagined_.
]
[Illustration: _QUITE RIDICULOUS!_
"DO YOU BELIEVE IN TABLE-TALKING, MATILDA, THAT THERE'S SUCH A FUSS
ABOUT?"
"OH, DEAR NO! WHY, THE OTHER EVENING A TABLE WAS ASKED HOW OLD I WAS,
AND IT RAPPED OUT FORTY! WHEN I'M NOT THREE-AND-TWENTY TILL NEXT
MARCH!"]
[Illustration: _MAY AND DECEMBER._]
[Illustration: _A VAIN SHADOW._
"MY LOVE! DO YOU THINK THOSE FELLOWS ARE FOLLOWING US?"]
[Illustration: _MIND AND MATTER._
_Navvy._ "AH, BILL! IT SHOWS THE FORRARD MARCH OF THE AGE. FUST THE
BRUTE FORCE, SUCH AS 'IM; AND THEN THE LIKES OF US TO DO IT SCIENTIFIC,
AND SHOW THE MIGHT OF INTELLECT."]
[Illustration: _SYMPATHY._
_Tailor_ (_to considerable Customer_). "TRIFLE THINNER THAN YOU WAS,
SIR! GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK, SIR! 'OPE YOU'LL SOON GET YOUR HEALTH, SIR.
WHEN WE HEARD YOUR REGIMENT HAD BEEN IN ACTION, SIR,--YOU MAY FANCY
WHAT OUR FEELINGS WAS, SIR!"]
[Illustration: _OXFORD COSTUME._
_Small Oxford Man._ "NOW, SNIP, REMEMBER, NOT SO TIGHT IN THE ARM!"
_Snip._ "VERY GOOD, SIR." (_To the Clerk._) "84 AND A 'ARF!"]
[Illustration: _STARTLING FACT!_
_Oxford Swell._ "DO YOU MAKE MANY OF THESE MONKEY-JACKETS, NOW?"
_Snip._ "OH, DEAR YES, SIR; THERE ARE MORE MONKEYS IN OXFORD THIS TERM
THAN EVER, SIR."]
[Illustration: _CUPID AT SEA._
_Angelina_ (_to Edwin, whose only chance is perfect tranquillity_).
"EDWIN, DEAR! IF YOU LOVE ME, GO DOWN INTO THE CABIN, AND FETCH ME MY
SCENT-BOTTLE, AND ANOTHER SHAWL TO PUT OVER MY FEET!"
[EDWIN'S _sensations are more easily imagined than described_.
]
[Illustration: _HOW VERY EMBARRASSING!_
_Gustavus._ "MAMMA, DEAR! ARE MOUSTACHES FASHIONABLE?"
_Mamma._ "WELL, GUS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE."
_Gus._ "OH! THEN, IS THAT THE REASON WHY MISS GRUMPH WEARS 'EM?"
[MISS GRUMPH, _as well as being strong-minded, is rather masculine in appearance_.
]
[Illustration: _AN ELIGIBLE PARTY._
_Juvenile._ "WELL, I KNOW WHAT I SHALL DO: I SHALL LOOK OUT FOR SOME
OLD GAL WITH PLENTY OF MONEY."]
[Illustration: _VERY RUDE, INDEED!_
ENTER TOM (A DISAGREEABLE BOY FROM SCHOOL.)--_Tom._ "LOOK HERE, CLARA,
THERE'S A YOUNG WOMAN DOWNSTAIRS HAS BROUGHT THIS FOR YOU, AND WANTS TO
KNOW IF IT WILL DO."]
[Illustration: _A MAN OF CONSEQUENCE._
_Cousin Harriet._ "WELL, ALFRED, WILL YOU STOP AND HAVE SOME TEA WITH
US?"
_Alfred._ "HAW! YOU'RE VERY GOOD, I'M SURE; BUT I'VE GOT TO TAKE THE
CHILDREN TO SEE THE PANTOMIME!"]
[Illustration: _UNDER THE MISTLETOE._