[Illustration: _INTERESTING AND VALUABLE RESULT._] [Illustration: _OLD BOYS._ _Old Boy_ (_loq._). "OH, SHE'S A CHARMING GYUIRL, AND, UPON MY SAUL! I THINK SHE LIKES ME AMAZINGLY!"] [Illustration: _VERY ALARMING, INDEED._ _Professional Man._--"AH! IT'S VERY LUCKY YOU CAME TO ME IN TIME.--YOU SEE, MA'AM, YOU HAVE HAD INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES, WHICH, ACTING UPON THE FLEXOR LONGUS DIGITORUM PEDIS, HAS OCCASIONED AN ABRASION OF THE DIGASTRICUS, OR, AS SOME CALL IT, THE BIVENTER MAXILLÆ INFERIORIS; AND WHICH MIGHT HAVE ENDED IN CONFIRMED DELIRIUM TREMENS, OR EVEN PREMATURE ELEPHANTIASIS. HOWEVER, I DARESAY, &c., &c., &c. [_Old Lady gasps for breath._ ] [Illustration: _POLITENESS AS IN PARIS._ (_A Perfidious Misrepresentation, of course._)] [Illustration: _IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FLATTERY._ _Jules_ (_who affects English manners and customs_). "GOOD--A--BY, OLE BOY! I GO TO MAKE A PROMENADE IN MY TO-CAR." (_Which being interpreted means that Jules is going for a drive in his Dog-Cart._]) [Illustration: _VERY ODD!_ _Lecturer on Electro-Biology._ "NOW, SIR! YOU CAN'T JUMP OVER THAT STICK! AHEM!" _Subject._ "JUMP? EH! UGH! LOR BLESS ME, JUMP! NO, I KNOW I CAN'T--NEVER COULD JUMP--UGH!" [_Thunders of applause from the Gentlemen in the cane-bottom chairs_--(_i.e. believers_). ] [Illustration: _A TENDER POINT._ _Irish Jarvie_ (_with much excitement_). "NOT FAST ENOUGH! IS IT? OH THIN, YER 'ONOR, JIST JUMP UP, TILL I TIRRIFY YE THE WAY I'LL ROWL ALONG!"] [Illustration: _STUMPED OUT._ _Apothecary's Boy_ (_to party rather proud of his Horsemanship_). "I SAY, MISTER, MIND WHAT YOU'RE AT, OR YOU'LL BE OFF THE _SHOPBOARD_!"] [Illustration: _A GENEROUS OFFER._ _Small Sweeper_ (_to Crimean Hero_). "NOW, CAPTAIN, GIVE US A COPPER, AND I'LL SEE YER SAFE OVER THE CROSSING!"] [Illustration: _NOT A BAD IDEA FOR WARM WEATHER._ _Frederick._ "NOW, GIRLS, PULL AWAY--DON'T BE IDLE!"] [Illustration: _A QUIET LOOK AT THE COUNTRY._ _Frank._ "THERE, CHARLEY! WE HAVE A GOOD MANY OF THOSE LITTLE DOUBLES HERE; BUT, BLESS YOU! OUR HORSES THINK NOTHING OF 'EM!" _Charley_ (_who is not to be beaten_). "HA, I SEE!--NICE CLEAN JUMPING! NOW, IN OUR COUNTRY THE FENCES ARE BIG AND CRAMPED!"] [Illustration: _PATERFAMILIAS HAS HIS HOLIDAY AT THE SEA-SIDE_-- -- ] [Illustration: -- -- _WHILE A RESPECTABLE ELDERLY FEMALE TAKES CARE OF THE HOUSE IN TOWN._] [Illustration: _PLEASING DELUSION. IN RE THE ROUND HATS._ _Female._ "WELL! THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION ABOUT ONE THING!--THEY CERTAINLY DO MAKE YOU LOOK YOUNGER!"] [Illustration: _THE ROUND HAT AGAIN._ _Mrs. Popps._ "WELL, WHAT I SAY IS, THEY ARE VERY BECOMING--AND UNCOMMON COMFORTABLE?"] [Illustration: _OH! WHAT A HUMBUG!_