* * * * * [Illustration: THE DUET _Fond Mother_ (_to young hopeful, who has been sent upstairs to a room by himself as a punishment_). "You can come down now, Jacky." _Young Hopeful._ "Can't. I'se singing a duet!"] * * * * * [Illustration: UNCLE'S BANK HOLIDAY "Oh, uncle, we're so glad we've met you. We want you to take us on the roundabout, and stay on it till tea-time!"] * * * * * [Illustration: _Young Masher_ (_to rival_). "I say, old, chap, I hear you're an excellent runner. Is that true?" _Rival_ (_eagerly_). "Rather!" _Young Masher._ "Well, then, run home!"] * * * * * _Aunt._ Why, Tommy, I've only just taken a splinter out of your hand, and now you've let pussy scratch you. How did that happen? _Tommy_ (_who has been tampering with the cat's whiskers_). Well, I was only trying to get some of the splinters out of her face! * * * * * [Illustration: FINIS] BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE