THE PENALTY OF FAME

Small Boy (with shrill voice).

"'Fightin'—with—the Sev'nth—Royal Fu-siliers—

The famous Fu-siliers—

The fightin' Fu-siliers,'" &c., &c.

Irritable War-Office Clerk. "Con-found the Seventh Royal Fusiliers! I'm sick of 'em! Blest if I don't pack 'em off to the Channel Islands!"

[Does so.