And this or something like it was my friend's:--"b. U.S.A. of Eng. parents, 9.5.78; tinned meat business, Chicago; 6 months' h.l. for frauds in connection with packing; went to Mexico, but left to avoid prosecution for similar frauds on larger scale; prison in Belgium, France and England in connection with illegal dealings in rifles (? for Germany); apparently liable to more prison in U.S.A. for crime unknown, if returns there; won't say where he gets his money from, but doesn't seriously pretend it is his own." And when I came to go back over the Master's two hours' chat about himself, those are about the facts it all boiled down to. Yours ever, HENRY. (_To be continued._) * * * * * "L40.--Handsome Black Silk Golf Goat (large size)."--_Irish Paper_. The very thing for the butting-green. * * * * * [Illustration: NIL DESPERANDUM. _The Amateur Championship_. MR. POTT-HUNTER, WHO FAILED TO SURVIVE THE FIRST ROUND. _The East of France Championship_. MR. POTT-HUNTER IN FATAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE SECOND ROUND. _The Championship of Central Switzerland_. MR. POTT-HUNTER, DEFEATED IN THE THIRD ROUND. _The Sicilian Championship_. MR. POTT-HUNTER, WHO REACHED THE FOURTH ROUND. _The Championship of Mozambique_. MR. POTT-HUNTER, A FIFTH ROUND VICTIM. _The Spitzbergen Championship_. MR. POTT-HUNTER, ONE OF THE SEMI-FINALISTS. _The Championship of Upper Senegal_. MR. POTT-HUNTER, BEATEN IN THE FINAL BY MR. HUNT-POTT. _The Tierra del Fuego Championship_. THE WINNER, MR. POTT-HUNTER.] * * * * * [Illustration: "NEVER YOU MIND IF 'E DID SAY YOU'D GOT A NECK LIKE A CAMEL. 'TAIN'T NEARLY AS LONG AS ALL THAT."] * * * * * THE KORBAN BATH. [_Korban_--"It is a gift"--Hebrew (or some such language).] With some reluctance I return to the subject of baths. I went into the matter of bathrooms pretty carefully a few months ago, but since I have been in this hotel I see that there are one or two aspects of hotel bathing which still require attention. To begin with, there is the question of the Korban or free bath. It is, of course, a scandal that a bath should be an extra, and an eighteen-penny one at that. After all, what is the bathroom for? We are not charged extra for smoking in the smoking-room or drawing in the drawing-room; why should we be bled for bathing in the bathroom? At the same time this practice does provide the visitor with the wholesome sport of Korban bathing. The object of the game is, of course, to have as many baths as possible which are not put down in your bill; and many are the stratagems which are employed.