[Illustration]
The wild sports of Smithfield market being abolished, there will be
comparatively little doing in the accident ward of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital.
[Illustration]
Not that it matters to your poor wife, but if you had the feelings of a
man, you might see that the dear children are dying for a little sea
air.
You will naturally wish to prove that you have the feelings of a man,
and will treat the dear children to a little.
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[Illustration]
The thing is to keep your gold when you have got it: there are so many
unprincipled characters about the diggings. Winkinson, anxious to test
his powers of defending his life and property, visits a suspicious
neighbourhood after dark with two sovereigns in his pocket.
[Illustration]
By the way, if he doesn't start till next month, he will get out to
Australia in the most beautiful season of the year—and first impressions
are everything. Winkinson will make himself comfortable and devote a
month to his friends.
[Illustration:
A DISTINGUISHED PHILANTHROPIST WILL INSTITUTE A CHARITY FOR THE
PROVIDING OF DOGS IN HUMBLE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH MUZZLES.
]