COUNTY POLICE METHODS 



Could not at least the village Bobby keep an eye on the 

 house where the enterprising barber had taken in the 

 refugees ? 



The Magistrate smiled at such ignorance of the law. All 

 orders must come from Paddockstown. 

 " That," remarked one of the week-end visitors as the dis- 

 comfited party shook the Magistrate's dust off their feet, 

 " that seems a futile old gentleman ! " 

 This week-end visitor had an emphatic manner of speech, 

 which afforded the only relief in the exasperation of the 

 atmosphere. 



However, the affair managed to straighten itself out on, 

 again, true Gilbertian lines. Mrs. Mutton duly found a 

 motor-bus to convey her to Paddockstown / and there, with 

 all the proper formality, interviewed the Magistrate and a 

 lawyer, with the help of whom she was separated from 

 her obstreperous Mutton. Little Jimmy gave evidence, 

 Mutton was advised by his lawyer not to defend the case. 

 She has now appropriately joined forces with Mrs. Caliban 

 and is enjoying a time of peace which we trust may not 

 be merely an interlude. 



"Oh, Miss!" she cried, describing these unwonted 

 sensations, "I'm that overjoiced, I'm afraid it's hardly 

 right!" 



As the husband is hovering about the roads, waylaying 

 all concerned with alarming politeness, we are a little 

 anxious. We know that he is still mouton enrage at 

 heart/ and we do not know if in spite of the mandate 

 from Paddockstown the local police would be allowed 

 to interfere were gun or table knife to be put into 

 requisition. 



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