_Q._ What is a _feme sole_?
_A._ A lady’s boot that has lost its _fellow_.
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FROM SCOTLAND YARD.--Our police force, it has been observed, is
deficient in height. The reason is plain. Tall policemen are
discouraged, because they might look over things.
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A TIGHT FIT.--A state of coma, which bobbies are too apt to confound
with apoplexy.
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A SPECIAL PLEA.--A young thief who was charged the other day with
picking pockets, demurred to the indictment, “for, that, whereas he
had never picked pockets, but had always taken them just as they came.”
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[Illustration: DRAWING THE LINE.--_Judge._ “Remove those barristers.
They’re drawing!”
_Chorus of Juniors._ “May it please your ludship, we’re only
drawing--pleadings.”
[“Mr. Justice Denman said that he saw a thing going on in court that he
could not sanction. He saw gentlemen of the bar making pictures of the
witness. Let it be understood that he would turn out any gentleman of
the bar who did so in future.”--_Daily Paper._]]
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