THE FRIGHTFUL FIGURE THAT NEARLY TERRIFIED OLD FOGEY AND HIS WIFE OUT OF THEIR WITS--AND WHICH PROVED, AFTER ALL, TO BE ONLY AN ORDINARY MORTAL CARRYING ROASTED CHESTNUTS!] [Illustration: _FOXHUNTING IN A FOG._ _Wild Huntsman_ (_in the distance_). "ALL RIGHT, JACK! COME ALONG! CAN HEAR 'EM IN THE NEXT FIELD!"] [Illustration: _IT'S THE EARLY BIRD THAT PICKS UP THE WORM._ _Piscator._ "THERE, THOMAS, YOU NOW SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY RISING. I HAVE GOT THE VERY BEST PLACE ON THE WATER, AND I'LL BE BOUND TO SAY THE OTHER SUBSCRIBERS ARE NOT OUT OF BED YET!"] [Illustration: _F. M. PUNCH SYMPATHISES WITH THE POOR(!) ITALIAN ORGAN-GRINDER._ _F. M. P._ "THERE, MY MAN, IT'S A PITY A GREAT HULKING FELLOW LIKE YOU SHOULD TURN A HANDLE TO MAKE SUCH A NASTY NOISE! HERE'S AN INSTRUMENT FOR YOU! GO AND PLAY UPON IT IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY!"] [Illustration: _DELICATE TEST._ _Elevated Party._ "A NEVER THINK A FL'EAR'S HAD T'MUSH WINE S'LONG AS A WINDSUP-ISH WASH!]" [_Proceeds to perform that operation with corkscrew._ ] [Illustration: _A WAKE IN THE MINING DISTRICTS._ _J'moimer Ann._ "HAS THEE FOWGHTEN, BILL?" _Bill._ "NOOAH!" _J'moimer Ann._ "THEN GET THEE FOWGHTEN, AND COOM WUM. DADDY GOT HIS'N DONE BY FOWER O'CLOCK!"] [Illustration: _A BAD TIME FOR JOHN THOMAS._ _Rude Boy._ "I SAY, JACK, AIN'T HE A FINE UN?--D'YE THINK HE'S REAL, OR ONLY STUFFED?"] [Illustration: _THE COMING COLLISION._] [Illustration: _REMARKABLE CASE OF TABLE-TALKING._ _Table_ (_loquitur_). "DON'T YOU BELIEVE HIM, MUM--I'M NOT MAHOGANY, BUT I'M VENEERED AND SECOND-HAND." [_Table dances about on its legs for a considerable time, and vanishes in a blue flame._ ] [Illustration: _THE FOUR-IN-HAND MANIA._ _Hearse Driver_ (_to Swell, who has just started a Team_). "BEG PARDON, SIR, BUT HEARING AS YOU HAD STARTED FOUR 'OSSES, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT A YOUNG MAN AS COULD BRING YOUR COACH UP TO THE DOOR AS IT 'AD OUGHT TO BE!"] [Illustration: _TOUCHING._ _Friend._ "----AND WHAT BECOME OF HER?" _Buss Driver_ (_with emotion_). "WELL!--SHE WAS TOOK AWAY FROM ME--AND GOT INTO BAD HANDS, YER SEE--AND SOON WENT ALL TO PIECES.--DEAR! DEAR!--SHE WOS WERRY BEAUTIFUL!--SUCH A SHAPE! AND SUCH A LOVELY COLOUR! (_Sighing._) HAH! I SHALL NEVER, NEVER, SEE--SUCH--ANOTHER--BUSS AGIN!"] [Illustration: _SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER._ _Miss Matilda to Miss Priscilla._ "WELL, I'M SURE!--THE CREATURE NEEDN'T SIT THERE IN THAT DISGUSTING MANNER!"] [Illustration: _AN EQUESTRIAN DIFFICULTY._ _Mr. Sprat._ "DON'T YOU THINK, MY LOVE, THAT THE GROOM, WHO UNDERSTANDS THESE THINGS, HAD BETTER PUT YOU UP?" _Mrs. Sprat_ (_with indignation_). "THE GROOM, MR. S! THE GROOM PUT ME UP! NO, SIR! PUT ME UP YOURSELF. A PRETTY HUSBAND _YOU_ ARE! GROOM, INDEED!"] [Illustration: _THE RACE FOR A BATHING MACHINE._ ALICE FIRST, CLARA SECOND, MISS TODDLES A BAD THIRD; AND THE REST NOWHERE!] [Illustration: _RIVER FROLICS._