AN EXCITING TIME

Poor Jones is convinced that his worst fears are at last realised, and he is left alone with a dangerous lunatic!! (It was only little Wobbles running anxiously over the points of his coming speech to the electors of Plumpwell-on-Tyme!!)


A TRAGEDY ON THE GREAT NORTHERN

Scene—A third-class carriage. Time—Three hours before the next station. Dramatis Personæ—Jones and Robinson.

"It's the last!—and it's a Tändstickor. It'll only strike on the box!"

"Strike it on the box, then;—but for Heaven's sake, be careful!"

"Yes; but, like a fool, I've just pitched the box out of window!"