"Well, they're going to pay for a new 'inge any'ow."
"Rather hard luck on them, isn't it? I can't make them do that."
"Don't you worry your 'ead, Sir," said the gardener. "It don't come out of their pocket. All these I-talians is run by one man. Millionaire, so they tells me. Any'ow, it's settled now."
"Well, perhaps it'll teach them to be more careful."
"I 'ope not, Sir," said the gardener. "'Ave another one or two of 'em in 'ere, and we'll get the gate so as it won't bang."
Science for the Young.
"Aunt Phemie" in The Globe:—
"A hen is a bird and not an animal."
This official statement will come as a great surprise to all our feathered friends.