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LITTLE MR. BOUNCER

"I was told, the other day," said Mr. Pewter Potter, "a story about old White, who used to drive the Oxford and Cambridge coach, and who, consequently, had many conversations with University men, who asked his opinions on a variety of subjects. He was once asked

by a Cambridge man whether he thought Oxford men more gentlemanly than Cambridge men; and he replied, 'Though you 're going to Cambridge, sir, I 'll tell you truly what I think. I drives an Oxford gent down, and, when he gets to the end of his journey, he says, "Mr. White," he says, "I shall be happy to see you to my