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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.
1. "CONSTABLE, THAT CABMAN HAS BEEN GROSSLY INSOLENT TO ME! I INSIST ON YOUR TAKING HIS NUMBER"
2. "CONSTABLE, THAT DEAD DOG HAS LAIN HERE FOR THREE DAYS. I INSIST ON YOUR REMOVING IT INSTANTLY!"
3. "CUSH'BLE, THEESH PAVEMENTS POSH'V'LY DANG'ROUS! I INSIST ON YOUR SETTING 'EM SHTRAIGHT!"
4. "OH! CONSTABLE, THOSE PEOPLE OPPOSITE ARE SOLD OUT OF CASHMERE AT ONE AND SEVENPENCE THREE-FARTHINGS A YARD! CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO GO?"
DEAR MRS. PRETTYPET, THINKING TO SURPRISE HER HUSBAND ON HIS RETURN FROM A BUSINESS TOUR, CALLED IN THE ASSISTANCE OF A LANDSCAPE GARDENER—WITH THE ABOVE CHARMING RESULT! | BY DOCTOR'S ORDERS, OLDBOY RUNS ROUND THE GARDEN FOR HALF AN HOUR BEFORE BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOYS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD GET TO HEAR OF IT. |