_Invalid (in carriage)._ "NOW, THESE POSTILIONS NEVER SEEM TO BE UNWELL! UPON MY WORD, I VERILY BELIEVE IF I WERE TO CHANGE PLACES WITH THAT LITTLE CHAP, I SHOULD BE EVER SO MUCH BETTER!"]
"DON'T BE ALARMED, DARLINGS--THE CAPTAIN HAS GOT QUITE ENOUGH TO DO TO LOOK AFTER HIMSELF."--_Punch._]
[Illustration: _SPREAD OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.--SCENE, THE SCHOOLROOM._
_Young Larkins._ "OH, HERE'S MAMMA! NOW, MA, IF YOU'LL FALL IN BY G'INA, I'LL PUT YOU THROUGH YOUR FACINGS. 'TEN-TION!"]
[Illustration: _THE PORTRAIT.--FINISHING TOUCH TO THE DRESS._
_Painter._ "I BEG YOUR PARDON, BUT I'M AFRAID YOU ARE SITTING ON MY PALETTE!"]
CAUTION TO YOUNG LADIES WHO RIDE IN CRINOLINE ON DONKEYS.]
[Illustration: _VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE AQUARIUM._
TOM (WHO HAS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY) PRESENTS HIS SISTERS WITH A FINE SPECIMEN OF THE CUTTLE-FISH (_Octopus Vulgaris_).]
_Whipper._ "DOOCED NICE PLACE, THIS--ONLY ONE CAN'T SPEAK TO A GAL WITHOUT IT'S BEING REPORTED YOU'RE ENGAGED TO HER."
_Snapper._ "HAH! I TOOK THE PRECAUTION TO GIVE OUT WHEN I FIRST CAME THAT I WASN'T A MARRYIN' MAN!"]
_Boy._ "AH, YOU AND MRS. DRONE ARE COMING TO SEE US NEXT WEEK IN THE COUNTRY."
_Mr. Drone._ "ARE WE?--WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING OF IT."
_Boy._ "OH, YES--BECAUSE I HEARD PAPA SAY TO MAMMA, THAT THEY HAD SOME TIRESOME PEOPLE COMING, AND THEY MIGHT AS WELL ASK ALL THE BORES AT ONCE."]
_First Juvenile._ "MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DANCING WITH YOU, MISS ALICE?"
_Second Juvenile._ "A, NO--THANKS, I NEVER DANCE WITH YOUNGER SONS!"]
_Charley (who is wet through for the ninth time)._ "OH, MA! WE'VE BEEN _SO_ JOLLY! WE'VE BEEN FILLING ONE ANOTHER'S HAIR WITH SAND AND MAKING BOATS OF OUR BOOTS, AND HAVING SUCH FUN!"]
YES! BUT WE ARE SURE THAT IF ELLEN KNEW WHAT A FIGURE FREDERICK MADE OF HER BY SPRAWLING ON THE CLIFF JUST BEHIND HER, SHE WOULDN'T BE SO QUIET.]
GALLOPING DOWN THE SIDE OF A FIELD COVERED WITH MOLE-HILLS, ON A WEAK-NECKED HORSE, WITH A SNAFFLE BRIDLE, ONE FOOT OUT OF YOUR STIRRUP, AND A BIT OF MUD IN YOUR EYE!]
[Illustration: _SKETCH FROM A STUDY WINDOW._]
THE CRINOLINE STORM SIGNAL; A WARNING TO YOUNG LADIES AT THE SEA-SIDE.]
_Nursery-Maid (to horse, with great affection)._ "OH, YOU DARLING! I AM SO FOND OF YOU!"]
_"Gar and Starter, Richmond. July 8.--Thermometer ever so much in the shade._