_Spectators_ (_as the Zulu begins to slink round the tent, extending a
huge and tawny paw_). 'Ere, _come_ arn!

[_The booth is precipitately cleared._

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"_WRITE Letter Days_" should be the companion volume to _Red Letter
Days_, published by BENTLEY.

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[Illustration: THAT IT SHOULD COME TO THIS!

_Boy._ "SECOND-CLASS, SIR?"

_Captain._ "I NEVAH TRAVEL SECOND-CLASS!"

_Boy._ "THIS WAY THIRD, SIR!"]

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CONVERSATIONAL HINTS FOR YOUNG SHOOTERS.

THE SMOKING-ROOM.

The subject of the Smoking-room would seem to be intimately and
necessarily connected with the subject of smoke, which was dealt with
in our last Chapter. A very good friend of mine, Captain SHABRACK of