A STRIKE MOTTO.--"'Tis true, 'tis pitty; and pitty 'tis, 'tis true."

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[Illustration: THE BLACK SHADOW.

NURSE GLADSTONE. "NOW, MY LITTLE DEARS, WE SHALL HAVE A NICE QUIET

TIME--ALL TO OURSELVES!"

"UGANDA! MASHONALAND!! NURSE, I'M AFRAID THE DARK CONTINENT CASTS O'ER

YOUR BABES A BLACK SHADE!"]

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