First Villager. "What's up, Bill?"
Second Villager. "Oh, only a gent awashin' the dust off his bike."
It is a bad workman who complains of his tools, yet even the best of them may be justly annoyed when his spanner goes completely off its nut.
"Motor cycle for sale, 2¾ h.-p., equal to 3¼ h.-p."
—Provincial Paper.
Discount of ½ h.-p. for cash?