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"Then where do you advise me to go?"
"I'm not advising you. You asked me to explain the weather, and I have."
"I think you have. I understand it now."
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I hope you all do.
A.P.H.
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"Sir,--I can recall no better description of a gentleman than this--
'A gentleman is one who never gives offence unintentionally.'
Unfortunately I do not know to whom tribute should be paid for this
very neat and apt definition."--_Letter in Daily Paper._
We rather think the printer had a hand in it.
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[Illustration: THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING THE CORRECT ATMOSPHERE AT
COUNTRY WEDDINGS, OWING TO THE CHANGED CONDITIONS OF VILLAGE LIFE, HAS LED
MESSRS. HARRIDGES TO COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CHORUS OF THE
FRIVOLITY THEATRE TO ATTEND AND FURNISH THE REQUISITE NOTE OF PICTURESQUE
SIMPLICITY. TERMS ON APPLICATION.]
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[Illustration: _Guide_ (_after ascent of a hundred-and-twenty steps_).
"THESE, SIR, ARE THE FAMOUS GARGOYLES I MENTIONED."
_Perspiring American._ "GEE! I THOUGHT YOU SAID 'GARGLES.'"]
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THE TRANSMIGRATION OF BOWLES.
Little Mr. Bowles was very happy as long as he was only second mechanic at
the garage of Messrs. Smith Brothers, of High Street, Puddlesby. It was
when he became a member of the Puddlesby Psychical Society that his
troubles began.
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