handsome for me.

He does! Writes and says how sorry he is to hear of the stupid mistake
that has been made. He knows of another very nice family, in Cheshire,
who want a Private Tutor. Shall he mention my name to _them_? Not for
worlds!

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[Illustration: WHO WOULD NOT BE A TENOR?

_The Fair Bohemian Girl_:--

"I HAD RICHES TOO GREAT TO COUNT, COULD BOAST
OF A HIGH ANCESTRAL NAME;...
BUT I ALSO DREAMT, WHICH CHARMED ME MOST,
THAT YOU LOVED ME STILL THE SAME--
THAT YOU LOVED ME, YOU LOVED ME STI-ILL THE SAME!"

(_Sketched from a Provincial Pit._)]

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TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS.

What means _Train de Luxe_? Peppery "PUNJAB" replies,
Two dirty sleeping-oars wherein one lies
Awaiting a breakfast; to feel disgust utter
At coffee, two boiled eggs, and plain roll and butter,
(Miscalled "_Grub de Luxe_," in the bitterest chaff,)