MOST OFFENSIVE.
Railway Porter. "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, WAS THIS YOUR'N?"
FRIENDLY PRESCRIPTION.
Fiend in Human Shape. "DON'T FEEL WELL! TRY A CIGAR!"
THE ABUSE OF THE ASPIRATE.
CAPTAIN DE SMITH REMONSTRATES WITH MR. HOLMES, THE VET OF HIS REGIMENT, FOR MAL-PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD HORSE. TO HIM THE VET: "WELL, IF A HAITCH, AND A HO, AND A HAR, AND A HESS, AND A HE, DON'T SPELL 'ORSE, MY NAME AIN'T 'ENERY 'OMES!"