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[Illustration: _Wicket-keeper_ (_by way of shewing sympathy to victim of
demon bowler_). "RUM GAME, CRICKET."]
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THE OVERLAND ROUTE.
"MAIL AND STEAMSHIP NEWS.
Morea, Bombay for London, at Verseilles, 8th."--_Scottish Paper._
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"James ----, a boy of 13, was charged at Belgium, Greece, V and Czecho-
Slovakia, and pleaded that he took the money because he felt he must
have some amusement."--_Evening Paper._
The little Bolshevist!
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A "Historic Estate" is announced for sale in the following terms by a
contemporary:--
"In the Heart of the Albrighton Country, and in direst railway
communication with Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Bristol and
other northern and western centres."
Evidently a case where evil communications corrupt good spelling.
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From a feuilleton:--
"Before the podgy dealer knew what had happened, she had sprung right
round him, seized the telephone instrument and placed her mouth to the
receiver. She smiled at him defiantly. 'Yes, I will,' she panted."--
_Daily Paper._
And then, we suppose, she wrote to the POSTMASTER-GENERAL to complain of
the inefficiency of the service.
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[Illustration: _Junior Partner of Firm_ (_exempted on business grounds
during the War, interviewing applicant for employment, a demobilised
officer, D.
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