... done. “They come from Sheffield.” ¢« Are you speaking of Bogey ? ’ the parson asked innocently —he had not seen ““ A Pair of Spectacles.” ¢lt was at Coventry, I think, that he was invented.” «No, I'm not speaking of him,” said Bob, laughing; ¢ though T can ...

... in the Devonshire Handicap at Carlisle, on July Bth, on the second day of the meeting. Having once broken the ice, so to speak, he was not long before he was again first past the judge, for in the Border Selling Plate on the same day, his mount, Sea ...

... a kind of barometer, informing us when a storm within might be expected to develop dangerous symptoms. ¢ assure you I am speaking quite seriously,” he asserted. ¢«Then how, my dear sir, if I may ask,” said the professor, “do you arrive at that standard ...

... uncle ? “A Jerseyman’s more Enrglish than he is Scotch, anyhow.” “Well, jolly near a I'renchman, [ should call him. They speak both languages in the Channel Islands.” “ Yes, but chiefly English in Jersey, and chiefly French in Guernsey.” “ Which is the ...

... the effects of the severe ordeal of starvation, wet and cold, through which they have passed. This leaves them, practically speaking, soize four months only in the year in which to grow out; and consequently they seldom attain a greater height than 14 hands ...

... call ¢« Mike,” playing with a very short club, and playing wonderfully well with it, driving a long ball too. I ventured to speak to him on the matter, and certainly he supported your view—that the short club was best for the cricketer.” - «“And J. G. Walker ...

... hocks in the plough, their noses becoming blue with cold and their teeth showing a disposition to chatter when they try to speak to a fellow-sufferer. They make believe that they are hunting. They call it sport. Some of them affect a cheerfulness of aspect ...

... stirring scenes were enacted within these walls. Like all old places with a history, a study of the nooks and crannies, so to speak, of the interior is to the imaginative mind, supremely entertaining. The Earldom of Warwick came to the eighth Baron Brooke ...

... it has humours, else would men surely go mad on active service—but also the feelings of the men who fight. The peg, so to speak, on which the stories are hung, is his American Civil War; the plot of each little tale is slight enough ; but it suffices ...

... anything else matter ? ¢ Hounds have turned, Miss Showey ; this way,” says Captain Dasher, wheeling his horse round as he speaks; but Miss Showey calmy pursues her way, blissfully unconscious that the hounds have altered their course. ¢“Thank you,” she ...

... and always properly pricked. Marco has won prizes whenever he has been shown, and under the most critical of judges, which speaks volumes for his quality. T~ “d INDA and BEeppro are two old veterans, both of which have been prize winners, and both have ...

... production approaches the standard of ‘“The Mikado,” admittedly the greatest success of all the Gilbert- Sullivan collaborations. Speaking of W. S. Gilbert recalls a story, which, if not one of Mr. Vero’s, has at least emanated from his bosom friend, Mr. Benjamin ...