(_Communications Intercepted in Transit._)
_From a School Boy to his Younger Brother._--My dear BOBBIE,--How are
you getting on at home? We are having a high old time at SWISHERS'.
All the pipes frozen, and no water to be got anywhere! And it is so
comfortable!
Yours, &c.,
JACKIE.
_From a Firm of Coachbuilders to one of their Customers._--Dear
Sir,--As there is every reason to believe that the present severe
weather will last for a considerable time, may we have the honour of
building for you a sleigh? We shall be pleased to have the vehicle
ready for you in the course of a month, or at the latest six weeks.
Should the weather break in the meanwhile, it will be available under
similar conditions next year or the year after. It will also be quite
possible to carry the sleigh to Siberia, where it will at all times be
found, not only a luxury, but a necessity. We are, dear Sir, awaiting
your esteemed order,