Simpson's snipe 7& 



was attached to the leg of one of the birds. They 

 had been purchased at a poulterer's in Dublin. 



#42, .AX, 4£. 4£. 



T?" W W "TT 



Mr Simpson did not remain to dine or to sleep. 

 He pleaded a business engagement which he had 

 completely overlooked, and left by the 4.50 train. 



" Av all th' imposthors ! and his tigers an' 

 elephants no less, an' bears an' algebras ! An' 

 goin' for to cod me into believin' there was snipes 

 growin' in a clover-field, an' thin never to gi' me a 

 shillin' ! Pah ! the naygur ! " and Billy Doyle's 

 resentment recognised no limits. 



It is scarcely necessary to observe that I was not 

 invited to meet Lord Mulligatawny, Sir Percy 

 Whiffler, and Colonel Owlfinch of Her Majesty's 

 Guards, and that my wife holds Simpson over me 

 whenever I hint at the probability of a visit to 

 the metropolis. 



