SIXTH EMPTYING. 85 



I never saw a merry party round a pump. 



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It seems to me that the rule from the Old Book, " Do 

 unto others as ye would they should do unto you," is in 

 imminent danger in these rapid times of being altered into 

 " Do others before they have time to do you." 



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" Catch anything yesterday, Johnny ? " " No ; not until 

 I got home." 



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We have to take things as they come and when they 

 come, and cannot help ourselves to anything without fear of 

 the police or the missis the former for preference. 



What is the anatomical peculiarity which makes it 

 impossible for more than one lady out of a hundred to raise 

 a cup of tea to her lips without sticking up her little finger 

 defiantly ? 



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I have always found it a good plan to believe less about 

 anything than one is told ; the only time when you may 

 safely believe more than you are told is when a lady, in the 

 strictest confidence, tells you her exact age. 



In angling, the weather is as absolutely master of the 

 situation as a first baby, which, by the way, is always an 

 angel ; all the rest get peppermint, and, if need be, smacked. 



Hope is like the dandelion, it will thrive in cinders. 



