Recollection of a jolly old paterfamilias we saw the other day, with some air-balloons for the chicks. Consols at 90. HUSBAND. "Well! I declare I'm quite Consols at 80. HUSBAND. "Go out for a walk! Non sense! I've something else to do. I think, too, you might pull down that blind, unless you want the sun to spoil all the furniture; and, dear, dear, do for goodness' sake, JEMIMA, take that d canary out of the room!" JONES (who is naturally proud of his first-born). 'A little darling, ain't he?" BACHELOR FRIEND. "H'm, ha! I see -- young gorilla! Is he real or stuffed?" |