10. Give the story of the well-known "haunted house" in Belgrave Square. How would the unconscious tenant who had taken it furnished be likely to account for the punctual appearance, at half-past nine every evening, among his guests in the back drawing-room, of the eyeless baronet, in a dressing-gown, dragging the two elderly females by the hair of their heads about in a deadly struggle, and, after continuing it for three-quarters of an hour, ultimately vanishing, as if exhausted, apparently into the grand piano? Would you advise him to take his guests into his confidence, and apologise for the intrusion, or pretend to notice nothing unusual in the phenomenon, and simply ignore it? Examine the situation, and conclude your paper by dealing with it in the shape of a short essay on "the position of the Ghost considered in relation to Society."
"LUXURY."
(According to the latest Edition of "Knight Thoughts.")
Alderman (to his Guest, after a good dinner). "'Elp y'shelf! Recollec' every Bo'le o' Champagne we drink, provi'sh Employment for the Workin' Classhesh!!"
AT HAWARDEN.
"Mr. Gladstone gave Earl Spencer and Earl Granville a specimen of his skill with the axe yesterday. With Mr. Herbert Gladstone to assist him, the Right Honourable gentleman, stripped to his waist, attacked a tree in most vigorous fashion!"—Times, Nov. 4.