What loud uproar bursts from that door!
They're at it hotly there:
Will they be silenced by the tale
Told by the Mariner?
Bim! Boom! There goes Big Ben's deep bell!
The Speaker's in the Chair!

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[Illustration: THE PARLIAMENTARY "ANCIENT MARINER."

"IT IS AN ANCIENT MARINER,
AND HE STOPPETH ONE OF THREE.
'BY THY SCANT GREY LOCKS AND GLITTERING EYE,
NOW WHEREFORE STOPP'ST THOU ME?'"
]

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[Illustration: A CHECK.

_Huntsman_. "SEEN THE FOX, MY BOY?"

_Boy_. "NO, I AIN'T!"

_Huntsman_. "THEN, WHAT ARE YOU HOLLARIN' FOR?"

_Boy_ (_who has been scaring Rooks_). "'COS I'M PAID FOR IT!"]