TOAST FOR THE INHOSPITABLE.--"Friends--_at a distance!_"

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[Illustration: "SPEED THE PARTING GUEST."

"SO YOU AND GEORGE HAVE BEEN STAYING WITH MY DEAR OLD FRIENDS SIR

ISAAC AND LADY LINCRUSTA WALTON! DIDN'T YOU FIND THEM VERY NICE TO

YOU?"

"YES; ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE LEAVING!"]

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