Mantalini's_ words, is no business just now of
ours, but the writer of the reply to the attack, might have summed up
by saying "that to _him_, Mr. LITTLER, whatever his Christian names
might be, appeared as a _Be-Littler_."
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"MR. GLADSTONE ON RENTS IN WALES."--What the Right Honble. Mr.
G. omitted to say, when speaking on this subject, was that "but
a comparatively small rent in Wales would be produced by
Disestablishment, whenever that event should happen, and that this
would soon be mended."
* * * * *
TEMPERANCE RIDDLE.--Why is a man who is thoroughly good-natured and
ever ready to oblige, likely to end as a confirmed drunkard? Because
he is always _willing_.
* * * * *
A USEFUL EXPERIENCE.
I awoke at one in the morning,
I had been two hours in bed,
When--bang!--without any warning
A joke came into my head.
'Twas brilliant, awfully funny,
It flashed through my drowsy brain,
It was worth--oh, a lot of money!--
I chuckled again and again.
I thought how I might employ it,
I laughed till the tears rolled down,
Foreseeing how SMITH would enjoy it,
And how it would tickle BROWN.
I said, "I had best but hint it
To _them_, or they might purloin
This wonderful jest, then print it,
And between them divide the coin."
Late in the morn I awoke,--I
Puzzled with all my might
In vain to recall the joke I
Made in the silent night.
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