_ Ah, well, we musn't be 'ard on her, if that's so.
_The O. of the H._ (_removing the obstruction_). I 'ope you're
satisfied _now_, I'm sure?
_The Father_ (_handsomely_). Better late nor never, Mum, and we take
it kind of you. Though, why you shouldn't ha' done it at fust, I
dunno; for you look a deal 'ansomer without the 'at than, what you did
in it--_don't_ she, MARIA?
_The O. of the H._ (_mollified_). SAM, ask the gentleman behind if his
boy would like a ginger-nut.
[_This olive-branch is accepted; compliments pass; cordiality
is restored, and the Pantomime proceeds without further
disturbance._
* * * * *
SOMETHING LIKE A SUBSCRIPTION!
(_A PAGE FROM THE BOOK OF PHILANTHROPY._)
The Committee waited impatiently the arrival of the Great and Good
Man. It was their duty to obtain a donation--an ample one--from the
Millionnaire whose charity was renowned far and wide, from one end of
the world to the other. At length he appeared before them.
[Illustration]
"What can I do for you?" he asked, with a smile that absolutely shone
with benevolence.
"You know, Sir, that the claims of the poor in the Winter are
numerous, and difficult to meet?"
"Certainly I do," returned the Man of Wealth, "and hope that you are
about to ask me for a subscription.
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