crystal throne,
And there in his pride, with none beside, he rules and he reigns
alone.
And this is the tale which I here set down, as the story was told
to me--
In excellent Rudyard-Kipling verse--the tale of the Sundered Flea.

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ANTICIPATORY NEWS (_from Our Own Court Tripping Newsman_).--Sir
ALGERNON BORTHWICK, Bart, M.P., will be raised to the Peerage with the
title of Lord MORNINGPOST, of Penniwise, Seefarshire, N.B.

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An Anti-lawn-tennis Lady considers that the argument against Croquet,
as a game involving a bent back, and a narrowing of the chest, is
merely "A very stoopit objection."

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[Illustration: GUSHING HOSPITALITY. (TIME 3 P.M.)

_Hospitable Host_. "HAVE C'GAR, OLD F'LLA?"

_Languid Visitor_. "NO--THANKS!"

_H.H._ "CIGARETTE THEN?"

_His Visitor_. "NO--THANKS. NEVAR SMOKE 'MEJATELY AFTER BREAKFAST."