_Huntsman_ (_loq._). "SHALL I GIVE THE WINGS TO THE LADY, SIR?"] [Illustration: _SENSIBLE RIDING COSTUME FOR WARM WEATHER._] [Illustration: _IT MUST BE ALL RIGHT!_ _Mamma._ "I WONDER WHERE THAT CHILD, ARTHUR, IS--HE IS VERY QUIET. I HOPE HE IS NOT IN MISCHIEF." _Child._ "OH, NO, MAMMA, DEAR! HE'S NOT IN MISCHIEF, FOR HE IS IN THE LIBRARY, PLAYING WITH THE PENS AND INK."] [Illustration: _AN ASTONISHING REQUEST._ _Fast Young Lady_ (_to Old Gent_). "HAVE YOU SUCH A THING AS A LUCIFER ABOUT YOU, FOR I'VE LEFT MY CIGAR-LIGHTS AT HOME!"] [Illustration: _THE UNEXPECTED ALWAYS HAPPENS._ DISMAY OF TOOTLES AT HEARING A STRANGER COMMENCE "THE STANDARD BEARER"--A SONG WHICH HE (TOOTLES) HAS BEEN PRACTISING FOR MONTHS, WITH THE VIEW OF CREATING A SENSATION AT MRS. BLOWER'S MUSICAL EVENING.--UNFORTUNATELY, TOO, FOR TOOTLES, "THE STANDARD BEARER" IS HIS ONLY SONG!] [Illustration: _A MASTER OF THE ART._] [Illustration: _THE LAST ALTERATION._ _Small Boy._ "OH, AIN'T IT A SHAME! THEY'RE A-GOING TO TAKE OFF THEM POOR COVES' BOOTS AND COATS, AND PUT 'EM ON FROCKS AND TROWSERS."] [Illustration: _BATTLE OF THE HYDE PARK._ GALLANT AND DARING ACT OF PRIVATE LOBBS (OF THE CRUSHERS), WHO, BY HIMSELF, STORMED AN OLD TREE, AND VERY NEARLY CAPTURED THREE SMALL BOYS.] [Illustration: _BLIND WITH RAGE._ _Huntsman_ (_riding furiously over a fence to a Scarecrow_). "* * * * * * * *--YOU GREAT FOOL, WHAT THE DEUCE DO YOU STAND POINTING THERE FOR?--WHY DON'T YOU HOLLER OUT WHICH WAY THE FOX BE GONE? BLOWED IF I DON'T CUT YOU INTO BITS!"] [Illustration: _A NOTION OF PLEASURE._ _Boy._ "OH, COME HERE, TOMMY!--HERE'S SUCH A LOT O' GRAINS BIN SHOT DOWN HERE! LET'S TURN 'EAD OVER 'EELS IN 'EM!"] [Illustration: _PRECOCITY._ _Youth._ "HERE'S A NUISANCE, NOW! BLOWED IF I AIN'T LEFT MY CIGAR-CASE ON MY DRESSING-ROOM TABLE, AND THAT YOUNG BROTHER OF MINE WILL HAVE ALL MY BEST REGALIAS!"] [Illustration: _PRACTICAL SCIENCE._ _Grandmamma._ "WELL, CHARLEY, AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING TO-DAY?" _Charley._ "PNEUMATICS, GRAN'MA!--AND I CAN TELL YOU SUCH A DODGE!--IF I WAS TO PUT YOU UNDER A GLASS RECEIVER, AND EXHAUST THE AIR, ALL YOUR WRINKLES WOULD COME OUT AS SMOOTH AS GRANDPAPA'S HEAD!"] [Illustration: _AN INDISCRETION._ _Fascinating Gent_ (_to precocious Little Girl_). "YOU ARE A VERY NICE LITTLE GIRL; YOU SHALL BE MY WIFEY WHEN YOU GROW UP!"---- _Little Girl._ "NO, THANK YOU; I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A HUSBAND; BUT AUNT BESSY DOES. I HEARD HER SAY SO!" [_Sensation on the part of Aunt Bessy._ ] [Illustration: _ADDING INSULT TO INJURY._ _Schoolboy_ (_to Farmer who has come out to protect his fields_). "NOW THEN, OLD TURNIP-TOPS! _WARE WHEAT!_"] [Illustration: _THE COURSE OF TRUE, &c., NEVER DID, &c._ HERE'S POOR YOUNG WIGGLES ANXIOUS TO MEET THE BEING HE ADORES, BUT CANNOT DO SO, BECAUSE THE NEWLY-PITCHED BOAT UPON WHICH HE HAS BEEN SITTING, HAS CAUGHT HIM ALIVE, O!] [Illustration: _THE EXPANSE OF FASHION._