(very stale), two empty medicine bottles--but no opium!

Little Willie was nearly delirious by this time, and tried to get into
the basket, which was now all but empty. The search continued, and two
rolls of material were lifted out: five and a quarter yards of white
calico and three yards of pink silk. This exposed the bottom of the
basket, where lay a tin! Ah, the opium at last. Philip stepped forward
and prised off the lid triumphantly.

The contents consisted solely of Punter's "Freak" biscuits.

Little Willie has been dismissed from his position as Opium
Sleuth-hound.

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[Illustration: THE FAVOURED UNIFORM.

_Indignant Lady_. "I SUPPOSE _I'D_ HAVE HAD A CHANCE IF I'D HAD
BREECHES ON."]

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COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

"For Sale, owing to ill-health, Pedigree Flemish Stock."--_Daily
Paper_.

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