THE TRUE TEST.

First Screever (stopping before a Pastel in a Picture-dealer's window). "'Ullo 'Erbert, look 'ere! Chalks!"

Second Screever. "Ah, very tricky, I dessay. But you set that Chap on the Pivement alongside o' you an' me, to dror 'arf a Salmon an' a nempty 'At, an' where 'ud 'e be?"

First Screever. "Ah!"

[Exeunt ambo.