I shook my head sadly. Another of my little jokes had proved a dud.
But I did not go below. Joshua is so rough sometimes.

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SICCIS OCULIS.

To weep for the fallen who saved us is meet,
But it causes no kind of surprise
That RAMSAY MacDONALD'S and SNOWDEN'S defeat
Has dried many millions of eyes.

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[Illustration: PIVOTAL INDUSTRIES.

_Sergeant_. "LET YOUR 'AIR GROW ON SICK LEAVE, 'AVE YER, LITTLE
GOLDILOCKS? THAT AIN'T NO GOOD; YOU'RE TOO LATE TO BE DEMOBILISED FOR
THE PANTOMIMES."]

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[Illustration: THAT "DEMOBILISED" FEELING.]

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THE WEARY TITAN.

Weary of the labours of war-winning--
Downing mandarins in Downing Street,