In the end they
quarrel. ERBEBT breaks the banjo over GILNEST'S head.
_E._ You are a horrid pig, and I don't like you at all!
(Not to be continued.)
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JAMES'S HAIR APPARENT.--Everyone recognises ex-President JAMES, author
of the Whistlerian book on _The Gentle Art of Making Enemies_, by his
distinguished white lock just over his forehead. No one dare call this
"a white feather," as he has never shown it. Some people looked upon
it as caused by JAMES'S powder. This is not so. It may be correctly
described as an illustration of "Locke on the Understanding."
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ELECTROPHONOSCOPIC CHAT.
(_A LITTLE OF IT, PICKED UP AT THE OFFICE._ A.D. 1900.)
There must surely be some mistake. Here, what's this? This old
toothless hag, without her wig, is unknown to me! And why does she
address me as "ARCHIBALD"? I was expecting to see my beloved ARAMINTA.
Excuse me, but I think we have been wrongly switched on. From your
description you seem to be having the interview I was expecting with
my dear good Grandmother.
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