RATHER INCONSIDERATE
Policeman (suddenly, to street performer). “Now, then! just you move on, will yer?”
WHY SOME OF US GO ON CIRCUIT
(By one of the Briefless)
Member of the Upper Bar (perusing Assize List). Shall I go round this time? Hum. Let me see. “Muddeford”—can get a day’s hunting there, I think. “Wandsbury”—go over to the Chilstons for Sunday, and have a jolly afternoon with Lily. “Swanston”—wouldn’t do any harm to go and look up Uncle George. “Leamouth”—excellent quarters at hotel there; fair dinner, too. “Deddingham”—good murder case; shouldn’t like to miss it. Yes, I think I’ll go round as far as that, and get back to town in time for the boat-race.”
Reform of the Law.—Chancellors, ex-Chancellors, and King’s Counsel, are members of a society for the reform of the law. They meet and denounce the wickedness of costs, and then hie away to practice. This reminds us of a passage in Borrow’s Gipsies of Spain:—“And now, my dears,” says the head of the family to the younger branches—“now you have said your prayers, go out and steal.”
