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his life in a worthy cause, succeeded in disen- 

 tangling the elusive topper from the mudguard 

 of a National Steam Car, and bore it towards us 

 in a much battered, but not irreparable, con- 

 dition. 



If you could have seen the tears of joy that 

 filled the eyes of hardened bus-conductors, the 



smiles that illumined the faces of weary bank- 

 clerks on their way to work, as they listened to 

 our old gentleman's views on the folly of well- 

 meaning officiousness, you would have realized 

 that our efforts had not been vain, and that 

 many a human being that day had good cause 

 to bless our public-spirited behaviour. 



As founders of the Society for the Promotion 

 of Human Gaiety my cousin George Biffin and 



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