_She._ You must ask my _chaperon_ for my name. You know, introductions
are not the fashion.

_He._ And your _chaperon_ is--?

_She._ Somewhere or other. In the meanwhile, if you will allow me?

_He_ (_offering his arm_). Quite!

[_Exeunt to supper._

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MR. PUNCH'S UP-TO-DATE POETRY FOR CHILDREN.

NO. 1.--"LITTLE MISS MUFFIT."

[Illustration]

Little Miss MUFFIT
Reposed on a tuffet,
Consuming her curds and whey--
She had dozens of dolls,
And some cash in Consols
Put by for a rainy day.

But though calm and content
While she drew Three per Cent.,
The Conversion unsettled her mien,