Strange however to
relate, the novel failed to destroy anything except the author's future as
a novelist, and when _Tom_ did succeed in making some pen-money it was by
means of a series of funny articles in _The Dry Goods Gazette_--articles so
violently humorous that the author's father thoroughly appreciated them.
Mr. HAMBLIN'S fun, let me add, is never ill-natured. Even bilious grocers
will not resent his jovial invasion of their kingdom.
* * * * *
[Illustration: THE PRUDENT LOVER.]
* * * * *
"City gunsmiths have been busy these days furbishing up sportsmen's
rifles for the '12th.'"--_Scotch Paper._
Personally we use a machine-gun.
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