_Enthusiastic Nimrod._ "THERE'S ANOTHER THING TOO ABOUT FOX-HUNTING WHICH I ALWAYS THINK DELIGHTFUL--YOU COME UPON SUCH PICTURESQUE NOOKS AND CORNERS. NOW, WHO WOULD EVER THINK OF COMING OUT HERE FOR A _MERE WALK_!"] [Illustration: _PREPARED FOR GAROTTERS._ GOING OUT TO TEA IN THE SUBURBS.--A PRETTY STATE OF THINGS.] [Illustration: _SNOOKS HAS JOINED A RIFLE CORPS._ _Snooks._ "SPLENDID CREECHUR--AIN'T HE? BLESS YOU, HE'S A PERFECT BROKE CHARGER. WAS IN THE HORSE GUARDS ONCE. YOU SHOULD SEE HIM IN HIS ACCOUTREMENTS. _GOES IN HARNESS TOO, I BELIEVE!_"] [Illustration: _FELLOW MARTYRS._ OLD MR. SQUEAMISH, WHO HAS BEEN ON DECK FOR HIS WRAPPER, FINDS HIS COMFORTABLE PLACE OCCUPIED BY A HAIRY MOSSOO!] [Illustration: _A SCHOOL FOR OLD GENTLEMEN._] [Illustration: _CRUEL JOKE AT A FÊTE._ _Horrid Boy (to his Cousin)._ "I SAY, ROSE! WASN'T THAT MAJOR DE VERE WHO JUST LEFT YOU?" _Rose._ "YES!" _Horrid Boy._ "AH, THEN, I THINK HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT A TREMENDOUS BLACK SMUDGE YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR NOSE!" (_N.B.--Of course there is no smudge; but there's no looking-glass within miles for poor Rose to satisfy herself._)] [Illustration: _VIVE LE SPORT AGAIN!_ _Distinguished Foreigner (who does not comprehend why a frost should stop Hounds.)_ "AHA! NO HONT ZIS MORNING--MON DIEU!--ZEN ZERE IS NO _DOG'S MEET_ TO-DAY!"] [Illustration: _THE SENSATION NOVEL._ _Clara._ "YES, DEAR, I'VE GOT THE LAST ONE DOWN, AND IT'S PERFECTLY DELICIOUS. A MAN MARRIES HIS GRANDMOTHER--FOURTEEN PERSONS ARE POISONED BY A YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL--FORGERIES BY THE DOZEN--ROBBERIES, HANGINGS; IN FACT, FULL OF DELIGHTFUL HORRORS!"] [Illustration: _FIRST BEGINNINGS._] [Illustration: _TAKING IT MANFULLY._ _Keeper._ "STOP A BIT, MESTER REGINALD, AND I'LL LIFT ONE ON 'EM UP!" _Mester Reginald._ "NOW YOU JUST LET THEM ALONE, I'M COMING OVER!"] [Illustration: _RATHER KEEN._ "OUT AGAIN, JACK?" "YES! I ALWAYS LIKE TO GET AS MUCH HUNTING AS I CAN BEFORE CHRISTMAS--THE WEATHER IS SO NICE AND OPEN!"] [Illustration: _A FROLIC HOME AFTER A BLANK DAY._] [Illustration: _HOW WOULD IT BE WITHOUT CRINOLINE?--TRY IT._] [Illustration: _AFTER SUPPER.--STRANGE ADMISSION!_ _Mr. S._ "MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WALTZING WITH YOU, MISS JONES?" _Miss J._ "I WOULD WITH PLEASURE, _BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M QUITE FULL_!"] [Illustration: _PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE._ _Old Lady._ "BUT, GOING IN FOUR-WHEEL CABS! I'M SO AFRAID OF SMALL-POX!" _Cabby._ "YOU'VE NO CALL TO BE AFEARED O' MY CAB, MUM, FOR I'VE 'AD THE HIND WHEEL WACCINATED, AND IT TOOK BEAUTIFUL."] [Illustration: _A FLUNKEY IN TROUBLE._ _John Thomas._ "HOLLO! COACHMAN! MR. BLINKERS! STOP! HERE'S A COSTERMONGER'S DONKEY GOT HOLD OF MY LEG, AND PULLING THE HAY OUT THAT I'VE PUT IN FOR CALVES!"] [Illustration: _ALL THE DIFFERENCE._ _Sporting Enthusiast (who has with difficulty caught the Hounds)._ "WHAT THE DEUCE ARE YOU HOLLOAING AT--DON'T YOU SEE IT'S A FRESH FOX?"