L-RD S-L-SB-RY. "VERY USEFUL DOG THIS--I MAY WANT HIM AGAIN!"

"THE UNSPEAKABLE" (_over the wall--aside_). "OH, LOR!!"]

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[Illustration: _Coster_ (_to acquaintance, who has been away for some

months_). "WOT ARE YER BIN DOIN' ALL THIS TIME?"

_Bill Robbins_ (_who has been "doing time"_). "OH I'VE BIN WHEELIN' A

BIT, OLE MAN--WHEELIN' A BIT!"]

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