III.
TOSH AND FUNNY-DOG.
The difference between Tosh and Funny-Dog is the difference between the humour of Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, or The Hunting of the Snark and the humour of a half-penny "comic" paper.
Tosh was dear to the souls of the members of the Junior Curlton, while for Funny-Dog they had a quiet contempt. If you talked proper Tosh you could stay for hours, but if you only talked Funny-Dog they did not mind how soon you went.
Buster was great at Tosh, but of course could not always live at the high level of real proper and genuine Tosh, and sometimes descended perilously near to mere and common Funny-Dog.
It was felt that he had done so, for instance,
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