"--_Lord Thanet
in "The Maryland Mirror."_
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_QUOTES AND CHEERIES._
A medium of instruction and enlightenment for literary gents, gentle
readers and all persons anxious to think about four things at once.
EVERY SATURDAY.
_Mary's Journal of her Trip to England._
The concluding instalment of Mary Queen of Hearts' journal of her trip to
England appears in the current issue of _Quotes and Cheeries_ under the
caption of "Squinting House Square Papers." Reference has already been made
in a preceding instalment to the riots at the Fitz Hotel and the flight of
the Queen to Wimbledon in a taxi driven by Sir Philip Phibbs, afterwards
Lord Fountain of Penn.
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[Illustration: L'ENFANT TERRIBLE.
YOUNG TURK. "I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR OUR NATIONAL HONOUR."
OLD TURK. "WELL, IF YOU MUST. BUT I WASH MY HANDS OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS--
UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU WIN."]
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[Illustration: _Golfer_. "WHAT'S THE MATTER, SANDY? AREN'T YOU GOING TO
PLAY THIS AFTERNOON?"
_Sandy_. "MAN, HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? I'VE LOST MA BALL."]
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ELIZABETH GOES TO THE SALES.
"Are you goin' to the Summer Sales this year, 'm?" inquired Elizabeth,
suddenly projecting herself on the horizon of my thoughts.
I laid down my pen at once. It is not possible to continue writing if
Elizabeth desires to make conversation at the same time.
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