[Illustration: _A HAVEN OF REFUGE._ THINGS ARE SO BAD IN THE CITY, THAT MR. SNAFFLE AND MR. FLUKER GO TO BOULOGNE FOR CHANGE AND AIR.] [Illustration: _TOO BAD, BY JOVE!_ _Heavy Swell._ "DEUCED STUPID--THESE NEWSPAPERS!" _Lady_ (_with keen perception of the ludicrous_). "YES, CHARLES!--ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SAY THAT A DISMOUNTED DRAGOON IS ABOUT AS EFFECTIVE AS A SWAN ON A TURNPIKE ROAD!"] [Illustration: _HEARTLESS PRACTICAL JOKE._ _Charlotte._ "HERE THEY COME, BLANCHE. LET US PRETEND WE DON'T RECOLLECT THEM."] [Illustration: _SCENE ON BOARD H.M.S. ----_ "I SAY, WHY AM I LIKE THE QUEEN'S CHIEF COOK? DO YOU GIVE IT UP?" "YES." "BECAUSE I AM IN A HIGH COOL-AND-AIRY (_culinary_) POSITION." [_Astonished Cadet nearly falls from the yard._ ] [Illustration: _A BYE-DAY AT EASTER._ _Youth_ (_quite at home for the holidays_). "NOW, LOOK HERE, OLD BOY; IF THE FOX BREAKS AT THIS CORNER, DON'T YOU HOLLER TILL HE GETS WELL AWAY!"--(_N.B. The old Nimrod is the_ MASTER _himself_.)] [Illustration: _A GREAT PLAGUE IN LIFE._ PATERFAMILIAS, WHOSE PET AVERSION IS STREET MUSIC, GOES TO THE SEA-SIDE, HOPING TO ESCAPE FROM THE NUISANCE, HE IS AT BREAKFAST,--BEAUTIFUL VIEW, NEW-LAID EGG, &c., &c.--WHEN----] [Illustration: _OH, HORROR!_] [Illustration: _DREADFUL FOR YOUNG OXFORD._ _Lady._ "ARE YOU AT ETON?" _Young Oxford._ "AW, NO!--I'M AT OXFORD!" _Lady._ "OXFORD! RATHER A NICE PLACE, IS IT NOT?" _Young Oxford._ "HUM!--HAW! PRETTY WELL, BUT THEN I CAN'T GET ON WITHOUT FEMALE SOCIETY!" _Lady._ "DEAR! DEAR! PITY YOU DON'T GO TO A GIRLS' SCHOOL, THEN!"] [Illustration: _WONDERFUL INTELLIGENT CHILD._ ---- "ROSE, WILL YOU HAVE SOME DINNER?" _Rose._ "HAVE HAD MY DINNER." ---- "WHAT HAVE YOU HAD FOR YOUR DINNER?" _Rose._ "SOMETHING THAT BEGINS WITH AN S!" ---- "AND WHAT BEGINS WITH AN S?" _Rose._ "COLD BEEF!"] [Illustration: _AN INCIDENT OF CAMP LIFE._ _Captain Holster._ "HERE! HI! SOME ONE!--STOP MY _BEDROOM_!--HI!"] [Illustration: _MAL DE MER._ A FOREIGN NOBLEMAN IN DIFFICULTY.] [Illustration: _SUNDAY AT THE CLUB._ JUST A SANDWICH AND A NICE GLASS OF HOCK AND SELTZER WATER.] [Illustration: _AT THE ROADSIDE INN._ A MOUTHFUL OF DUST AND A PULL AT THE PUMP.] [Illustration: _AN INJURED INDIVIDUAL._ _Simkins_ (_who has missed his bird, but peppered_ WILKINS). "THERE, NOW, I'VE A DOOCED GOOD MIND TO SAY THAT I'LL NEVER COME OUT SHOOTING WITH YOU AGAIN--YOU'RE ALWAYS GETTING IN THE WAY!"] [Illustration: _THE MOORS. GRATIFYING--VERY!!_ ON ARRIVING AT THE BEST PART OF YOUR SHOOTING, YOU FIND THOSE AMIABLE TOURISTS, THE NOBBS'S, HAVE BEEN OVER THE GROUND A GOOD DEAL. AS THE BIRDS ARE WILD, YOUR SPORT IS NOT MUCH IMPROVED THEREBY. NOBBS, JUNIOR, MAY BE OBSERVED TAKING IN THE "OBJECTS OF INTEREST" WITH HIS TELESCOPE.] [Illustration: _FRIENDLY BADINAGE._ _Cabby._ "NOW, JOHN! WHEN YOU'VE DONE CLEANING THEM KNIVES BEHIND, JUST CLEAN THAT OLD SPOON ON THE BOX, AND LET'S COME BY!"] [Illustration: _THE NOBLE SCIENCE._