A PRECOCIOUS INFANT.
"Will any kind lady adopt nice healthy baby girl, 6 weeks old, good parentage; seen London."—Times.
"The King has given £100 to the Victoria Station free buffet for sailors and soldiers."—The Times.
In the days of RICHARD I. it was a commoner who furnished the King in this respect. Vide Sir WALTER SCOTT'S Ivanhoe, vol. ii., chap. 9: "Truly, friend," said the Friar, clenching his huge fist, "I will bestow a buffet on thee."
Prisoner (on his dignity). "BUT YOU VOS NOT KNOW VOT I AM. I AM A SERGEANT-MAJOR IN DER PRUSSIAN GUARD."
Tommy. "WELL, WOT ABAHT IT? I'M A PRIVATE IN THE WEST KENTS."