no THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



not in the form of penny packets 

 at the chemist's, though; It is sold In 

 bottles and by" the glass at hotels and 

 other dens of iniquity, and Is called 

 "cherry brandy," ''orange gin," "moun- 

 tain dew," and by various other well- 

 known titles. But these bought varieties 

 evaporate quickly, leaving the patient 

 weak and debilitated, and I should 

 strongly advise such as are minus the 

 real article to ride bikes, or, what may 

 be preferable In such case, tricycles ; or, 

 perhaps even better still, to run a sturdy 

 cob in a tub-cart, with suitable refresh- 

 ments for the hungered and athirst who 

 have been riding nasty horrid horses. I 

 think nerve is really a better term than 

 pluck, as the latter Is liable to be there 

 without the former, something after this 

 kind. Pluck and Nerve come up together 

 In a nasty ugly corner, having chanced 



