THIS REPRESENTS THE PRECISE MOMENT WHEN TOM NODDY, AFTER MUCH EXERCISE, MEETS A SIMPLE COUNTRYMAN RETURNING WITH THE MARE. THE SIMPLE COUNTRYMAN IS ASSURING T. N. THAT HE HAD A DEAL OF TROUBLE TO CATCH HER, AND THEN IT WUR TWENTY MINUTES AFORE HE COULD MAKE HER LEAVE THE 'OUNDS--AND THEN ONLY 'ACAUSE SHE WUR QUITE "BLOWED."--(_N.B. The simple countryman hopes T. N. will remember him._)] [Illustration: _CERTAINLY NOT._ _Shoe Brigade Boy_ (_to old Gent irascible from gout, which has settled in his feet_). "NOW, SIR! DID YOU WANT YOUR SHOES BLACKED?"] [Illustration: _THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT._ _Frederick._ "NOW THEN, WILLIAM, WHAT ARE YER WAITING FOR?" _William._ "WHY, I WAS A-THINKIN' VETHER I SHOULD WEAR MY MOOSTARCHERS LIKE THIS HERE OR LIKE THAT =HARE=."] [Illustration: _PLEASANT QUARTERS._ A YOUNG OFFICER IN THE MILITIA LEARNING THE MANUAL EXERCISE OVER YOUR HEAD!] [Illustration: _AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS._ _Young Farmer No 1._ "WELL, CHARLEY--HAVE YOU HAD MUCH SHOOTING LATELY?" _Young Farmer No. 2._ "WHY, NO; WHAT WITH HUNTING TWO DAYS A WEEK AND COURSING TWO DAYS, I DON'T GET MUCH TIME TO GO OUT WITH A GUN."] [Illustration: _AN HOUR'S RIDE._] [Illustration: _VALENTINE'S DAY._] [Illustration: _THE REAL STREET OBSTRUCTIONS._] [Illustration: _THE ICE HARVEST._] [Illustration: _THE REAL USE OF THE BEAR-SKIN CAP--A HINT TO THE GUARDS._] [Illustration: _THE FROZEN-OUT FOXHUNTER._ SPORTING MILITAIRE RECALLS TO MIND HIS CANADIAN EXPERIENCES (THE GROUND BEING DEEP WITH SNOW), BUILDS A TREBOGGIN, AND FOR THE MOMENT CEASES TO SWEAR AT THE FROST, OR TO REGRET THE SIX HUNTERS HE HAS EATING THEIR HEADS OFF IN THE STABLE.] [Illustration: _ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT._ _First Dandy M.P._ "PWOWOGATION TO BE LATE THIS YEAR, ON ACCOUNT OF SOME COLONIAL BILLS, I HEAR." _Second Ditto._ "BOTHER THE COLONIES! HAVEN'T WE DONE ENOUGH FOR 'EM THIS YEAR?--DIDN'T WEST AUSTRALIAN WIN THE DERBY?"] [Illustration: _A VERY OLD FRIEND._ OUR "USED UP" MAN HAS A FEW "USED UP" FRIENDS TO BREAKFAST; AFTER WHICH THEY DERIVE A LITTLE REAL ENJOYMENT FROM A DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT] [Illustration: _AQUATICS.--A COMFORTABLE RAN-DAN._ _Jolly Young Waterman._ "HOLLOA! HI! POLICE! BACK WATER, JACK! WE'VE GOT INTO A NEST OF SWANS, AND THEY'RE A PITCHIN' INTO ME!"] [Illustration: _THE SUPERIOR ANIMAL._ _Party_ (_who of course doesn't think_ HIMSELF _good looking_). "REALLY, CLARA, I CAN'T THINK HOW YOU CAN MAKE A PET OF SUCH AN UGLY BRUTE AS AN ISLE OF SKYE TERRIER!"] [Illustration: _THOSE BOYS AGAIN!_ _Street Boy_ (_in playful allusion to the basket carriage_). "OH, LOOK HERE, BILL! IF 'ERE AIN'T A SWELL DRIVING HISSELF HOME FROM THE _WASH_!"] [Illustration: _MARRIED FOR MONEY.--THE HONEYMOON._ "NOW, THEN, DARLING, PUT AWAY YOUR PAPER, AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE LONG WALK, AND THEN COME BACK TO TEA IN OUR OWN LITTLE COTTAGE, AND BE AS HAPPY AS TWO LITTLE BIRDS!" SAID THE FAIR BRIDE.--"OH, HANG IT!" MENTALLY EJACULATED THE CAPTAIN.] [Illustration: _COOL REQUEST._