"Employment!" cried the other, in an agony of woe. "Give me employment. I have been ruined by the rates; let the rates support me--give me employment!" The Senior Wrangler considered for a moment; then he spoke-- "Do you think, my friend, that you could look after our highest class?" The man shook his head. "I am afraid not, Sir. My education was neglected. Beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic, I know next to nothing." "That will not be an objection," returned the Senior Wrangler, as he put a gardenia in his button-hole. "Our highest class is composed of our oldest pupils, and as they all suffer from over-pressure, your duties will be simply those of an attendant in an asylum for the care of the imbecile!" And the Ruined Ratepayer was entirely satisfied. * * * * * --> NOTICE.--Rejected Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed Matter, Drawings, or Pictures of any description, will in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamped and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper. To this rule there will be no exception. * * * * * Transcriber's Note: Page 281: MAGGIE MCINTYRE, _Wednesday_ becomes MAGGIE MACINTYRE on _Thursday._ Both have been retained, as the transcriber does not know which is correct, or if the two were interchangeable. Page 287: 'posesssion' corrected to 'possession': "In calm possession of some upper floor". In this etext a carat denotes a superscript follows.