To take, without one thought of evil plotting,
Even without one last protesting kick,
Thus kindly to somnambulistic trotting--
Oh, James, old pal, it was a dirty trick;
To show the yarns I'd told of you and written
(In letters home) were not entirely swank
At very least, I think, you might have bitten
The policeman at the Bank.

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BOAT RACE "INTELLIGENCE."

"The Oxford University crew arrived at Henley yesterday for a week's
practice. The Cambridge president, Mr. E.A. Berrisford, accompanied the
crew as spare man."--_Provincial Paper._

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"The Government, said Mr. Bonar Law, had not received any intimation
from the Netherlands Government that Holland had decided to keep the
ex-Kaiser in Curaçoa."--_Evening Standard._

Good news for Mr. PUSSYFOOT.

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"ESSEX and SUSSEX BORDERS.--To be Let, well-built Mansion, surrounded
by fine gardens, situate in one of the finest parts of this delightful
country."--_Daily Paper._