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JULY 



'ee was the height of a sha-a-ft," said an ancient 

 carter in liquor on another feast day to me. So 

 perhaps it is better to stay away both for their 

 credit and for my own. The last time I was there 



"THE HEIGHT OF A SHA-A-FT" 



we went a little party of four, and we took refuge 

 from rollickers at the cocoanut shy. The cocoa- 

 nut man supplied us with the value of a few pence 

 in wooden balls with the utmost alacrity ; but very 

 soon his delight turned to gloom, and presently he 

 offered us sixpence to desist from our throwing, so 



