THE QUESTION SETTLED

Mrs. M-l-pr-p. "The fact is, my love, that these terrible collusions would never occur if the trains was only more punctilious!"


A Needless Panic.—Mrs. Malaprop is puzzled to know what people mean when they talk of the present alarming Junction of affairs. She hopes it has nothing to do with the railways, in which she has some Deference shares.


Thought by a Railway Director.—Britannia used to rule the waves. She now rules the land—with lines.


THE OLD HALL

(A Story of Delusive Aspirations)