DELIGHT OF THE HON. TOM RASPER (WHO HAS PROMISED HIMSELF A DAY WITH THE PYTCHLEY), ON FINDING THAT THE BOX WITH HIS HUNTER HAS BEEN LEFT AT GOWLEIGH STATION, WHILE A FINE YOUNG BULL, INTENDED FOR THAT PLACE, HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON TO--HARBOROUGH, SHALL WE SAY?] [Illustration: _A FACT._ _Groom._ "YE SEE, SIR! THE LADIES KNOCKS 'OSSES ABOUT SO! THEY GETS UPON A 'OSS, SIR, AND THEY SAYS, 'MY EYES! HE'S A 'OSS, AND HE MUST GO!'"] [Illustration: _THE TOLL-BAR NUISANCE._ _Cabby (to impudent Boy at Gate)._ "AH! YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A SAUCY YOUNG DOG; BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DONE AWAY WITH, THAT'S ONE COMFORT--AND YOU CAN'T GROW INTO A TURNPIKE _MAN_!"] [Illustration: _LA MODE._ _Rude Boy._ "OH, IF 'ERE AIN'T A GAL BEEN AND PUT ON A DUSTMAN'S 'AT!"] [Illustration: _EFFECT OF STOPPING THE GROG._ "COME ALONG, JACK, MY HEARTY; NOTHING LIKE LAYING UP FOR A RAINY DAY."] [Illustration: _FLATTERING PROPOSAL._ _Volunteer._ "I SAY, LUCY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VIV_AN_DIERES IN OUR CORPS. NOW, IF YOU LIKE, I'LL APPOINT YOU TO ATTEND UPON ME!"] [Illustration: _A SERIOUS COMPLAINT._ _Col._ "NO, SIR! YOU CAN'T HAVE FOUR IN YOUR HUT!--WHIST, INDEED!" _Lieut._ "VERY HARD! THEN, WE MUST PLAY DUMMY!"] [Illustration: _A GENT AT COST PRICE._] [Illustration: _A CAPITAL FINISH._ _Excited but rather behind-hand Party._ "NOW, THEN, MY MAN, HAVE YOU SEEN 'EM? WHICH WAY HAVE THEY GONE?" _Man._ "ALL RIGHT, SIR. THEY'RE DOWN 'ERE; FOX AN' 'OUNDS IS JUST RUN INTO _TH' INFANT SCHOOL_!"] [Illustration: _OUR FOREIGN VISITORS._ WHATEVER MAY BE A FRENCHMAN'S DEFECTS, HE AT LEAST KNOWS HOW TO DRESS--AND ISN'T THE HAT HE WEARS A SWEET THING?] [Illustration: _AN ORDER WE HOPE TO SEE ISSUED._ "THE POLICE HAVE STRICT ORDERS TO BONNET, PUT IN A SACK, AND LOCK UP ALL URCHINS WHO DISTURB THE PEACE OF THE METROPOLIS BY SCREAMING OUT 'DIXIES' LAND.'"] [Illustration: _EFFECT OF SIXPENCE A MILE._ _Cabby._ "WELL! WE AIN'T ALLOWED TO _SAY_ MUCH, BUT I'M _THINKING_ A DOOSE OF A LOT!"] [Illustration: _OCULAR DEMONSTRATION._ _Gent._ "OH, AH! AND WHAT DO YOU FEED THE HORSES ON?" _Driver._ "BUTTER-TUBS--DON'T YER SEE THE HOOPS?"] [Illustration: _THE CARTE DE VISITE._ _Gent (in Photographic Studio)._ "A--LOOK 'ERE, YOU KNOW, MISTER, I DON'T WANT MY CART PUBLISHED, YOU KNOW, BUT IF ANY NICE GAL OR LADY OF RANK SHOULD WANT A COPY, WHY, YOU CAN SELL IT HER, YOU KNOW!"] [Illustration: _AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL._ _Monthly Nurse._ "BUT I CAN'T FIND MY BOX, SIR!" _Paterfamilias (furious)._ "CONFOUND YOUR BOX! YOU MUST GET IN AND LEAVE IT, AND WE'LL TELEGRAPH FOR IT.--COME! THE TRAIN'S STARTING!" _Monthly Nurse._ "OH YES, SIR, THAT'S ALL VERY WELL. ONLY I THOUGHT AS MY BOX HAS GOT ALL YOUR PLATE AND LINEN IN IT," &C., &C., &C.] [Illustration: _VERY CAREFUL._ _Economical Peer (with feeling)._ "GOOD GRACIOUS, THOMPSON! HAVEN'T YOU MEN GOT AN UMBRELLA OUTSIDE?" _Thompson._ "NO, MY LORD!" _Peer._ "DEAR! DEAR! DEAR!--THEN GIVE ME THOSE NEW HATS INSIDE!"]