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HONOUR AND GLORY . . . . .318 



FIRE JUMP UP . . . . . 319 



SLOP TEETH ...... 319 



A FASCINATED BOY . . . . -319 



AWKWARD CROSS-EXAMINATION . . . 320 



THE ONLY ROCK ..... 320 



SAW THE JOKE . . . .321 



ZEBRA'S VANITY . .321 



LAURA'S TRAITS . . . 322 



ROYAL BLANKETS ..... 322 



His DAILY BREAD . . . . -323 



HUMAN NATURE ...... 324 



AN APT RETORT 325 



MISSIS'S TROUSERS ..... 325 



DULL-WITTED . .325 



STRATEGY ... .326 



LITERAL TRUTH . . . . . .326 



MAGIC THAT DID NOT WORK .... 326 



ANTI-CLIMAX . .327 



LITTLE FELLA CREEK SAILOR . . .327 



A FATEFUL BARGAIN . . . . .327 



EXCUSABLE BIAS . . . . .328 



THE TRIAL SCENE . . . . .328 



A REFLECTION ON THE HORSE . . . 329 



TRIUMPH OF MATTER OVER MIND .... 329 



THE RUSE THAT FAILED . 330 



THE BIG WORD ...... 330 



MICKIE'S VERSION . . . 331 



HONOURABLE JOHNNY . . . . 33 1 



THE TRANSFORMATION . . . . 331 



MONEY-MAKING TRICK . . . . 331 



HONOURABLE CHASTISEMENT . . . 332 



" AND You Too "... 332 



PARADISE . . . -333 



CHAPTER IV 

 AND THIS OUR LIFE ..... 334 



