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THE BATH ROAD 



picture painted upon it, representing Robin Hood and 

 Little John. I can see quite clearly now that the 

 artist of this afiair obtained his ideas from the pic- 

 torial diplomas of the Ancient Order of Foresters ; 



if robin hood 15 not at home 

 Take a class v/ith little john 



robin hood and little john. 



l)ut, at the time, I thought it a very fine painting. 

 The feathered hats impressed me very much indeed, 

 nlthough I always used to wonder why those two 

 magnificent fellows hadn't pulled up their socks. It 

 was some time before I discovered that they were not 

 socks, but the big bucket boots of romance. They 

 have pulled this old house down, and have built a 

 glaring, flaring, gin-palace on the site of it, just as 

 they did some five years ago to the old " Roebuck," 

 not far oflF. The sign is gone, too, and wayfarers are 

 no longer invited, if Robin Hood is not at home, to 

 take a glass with Little John. What would happen, 

 I often speculated, if both those heroes were away ? 



