On the other hand the unmistakable bubbling note
of the mint-sauce will not be heard for another month or so.
***
Will the A.S.C. private who in 1917 was ordered to take a mule to
Sutton Coldfield please note that the animal has been sighted in
California still chewing an army tunic, but the badges are missing?
***
"So many letters are being lost in the post nowadays," states a
daily paper, "that drastic action should be taken in the matter." We
understand that the POSTMASTER-GENERAL has expressed his willingness
to be searched.
* * * * *
[Illustration: _Hygienist_. "FEELING THE COLD, EH? AHA--LOOK AT ME. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT COLD IS."
_Normal Individual_. "THEN N-NATURALLY YOU D-DON'T FEEL IT."]
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A VULNERABLE SPOT.
"Lady, a word--but oh, beware!
And prithee do not slight it--
If you will have your back so bare,
Someone is sure to bite it."
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"An official of the Coal Controller's Department said that
everything possible would be done to relieve the situation.
'No stone will be left unturned,' he said, 'to ease the
position.'"--_Daily Paper_.
This accounts, no doubt, for the stuff in our last half-hundredweight.
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A JUNKER INTERLUDE.
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