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[Illustration: _Importunate Street Urchin_ (_for the tenth time_).
"GI' US A COPPER, SIR! GI' US A COPPER!"
_Testy Individual_ (_losing patience_). "OH, GO TO"--(_substitutes a
milder form_)--"BLAZES!"
_Street Urchin._ "SURE THIN AN' I WOULD IN THIS BASTLY COULD WEATHER,
IF I WAS ONLY CERTAIN O' COMIN' BACK AGAIN!"
[_Individual's testiness overcome and Urchin rewarded._
]
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Seasonable Conundrum.
_Q._ What is the difference between laying down the Golden Rule (Do to
others, &c.) and _acting_ upon it?
_A._ One is a truism, the other an altruism.
[Mr. Punch _advises the well-to-do readers to work this out
practically among the poor this inclement season_.
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