The Younger Brother (in an awestruck whisper). "Say, 'Orace, are you sure we're right for the gallery? There's a gent behind wiv spats on!"
"Mathilde explained (her name, of course, was Mathilde really but peasants in Normandy, and for that matter all over France, are curiously inaccurate with names, and often misplace letters in this manner)."
"Evening News" Feuilleton.
The printer of the above must be careful when he crosses the Channel, or he may pick up this bad habit.
"Tonight and tomorrow they will play a matched game of 1,500 points—750 each night. A local billiard enthusiast has offered $100 to either of the players who scores a 00 break or better. This to the average billiard player seems a tremendous break."
Vancouver Daily Paper.
But not to us.