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his tunic undone, puffing and grunting like a 

 grampus. 



"What's the matter? " I enquired. 



"Oh! I'se nearly hrossen ; I've had twae 

 dinners with that Suffolkshire man," answered 

 Jack, with some degree of effort. 



"But, why did you have a second?"! queried. 



"Oh!" he said, "I thought I wad'nt be 

 beaten." 



Still another little short anecdote. This was in 

 the earliest days of Wimbledon, when Lord 

 Elcho was President. There used to be camp 

 fires in the evening, after the shooting had con- 

 cluded, and many hundreds always surrounded 

 the fires ; on which occasions the London Scottish 

 were good enough to hand round hot toddie. 

 Songs were sung, and complaints asked for by 

 Lord Elcho who was Chairman. 



It was early one morning following one of 

 these camp-fire gatherings — the late Captain 



