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GADSBY

foot. That’s it. Now I’ll sit on it, so. Now you bump it up and down. Ha, ha! Ho, ho! That’s it! This is a lady, a-going to town, a-going to town, a-going to town!” and as that tiny lady sang that baby song gaily and happily, Old Bill was actually laughing; and laughing uproariously, too!

As this sight was occurring, His Honor and Lady Gadsby, looking out from a parlor window, Gadsby said, happily:—

“A lady physician is working on Old Bill,” causing Lady Gadsby to add:—

“And a mighty good doctor, too.”

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