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[Illustration: THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY.

_Aunt Jane_. "THAT MAKES THREE WEDDINGS IN OUR FAMILY WITHIN A
TWELVEMONTH! IT WILL BE _YOUR_ TURN NEXT, MATILDA!"

_Matilda_. "OH, NO!"

_Aunt Jane_. "WELL, THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES,
YOU KNOW!"]

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TUPPER'S PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY UP TO DATE.

["The range of our inquiry was intended to include the whole
migratory range for seals.... Our movements were kept most
secret."--_Sir George Baden-Powell on the Work of the Behring
Sea Commission_.]

We came, we saw, we--held our tongues (myself--BADEN-POWELL--and
Mr. DAWSON.)
We popped on each seal-island "unbeknownst," and what we
discovered we held our jaws on.
We'd five hundred interviews within three months, which I think
"cuts the record" in interviewing,
Corresponded with 'Frisco, Japan, and Russia; so I hope you'll
allow we've been "up and doing."