_The P-t L-r-te._--The Order of "The Foresters."

_The Oxf-rd E-ght._--The Blue Riband of the Thames.

_S-r A-g-st-s Dr-r-l-n-s._--A month's well-deserved rest.

_N-b-dy in P-rt-c-l-r._--A legacy of £100,000.

_Ev-ryb-dy in G-n-r-l._--Rates and taxes.

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[Illustration: SO FRIVOLOUS!

_Wife_. "SOLOMON, I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU."

_Solomon_ (_flippantly_). "WITH PLEASURE, MY DEAR, SO LONG AS IT'S A
FUNNY BONE!"]

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THE DYNAMITE DRAGON.

A dragon! Faugh! that foul and writhing Worm
Seems scarcely worthy of the ancient term
That fills old myth, and typifies the fight
'Twixt wrathful evil and the force of right.
The dragons of the prime, fierce saurian things
With ogre gorges and with harpy wings,