as very fair, and I left the office. On the
appointed day I called, and found the office closed, as the managers
had sloped."

The conversation then turned upon Police Courts, and the facilities
which they afforded in aiding a person to get glimpses of the elephant.
It was conceded that the experience of Dropper, just related, opened
very fair, and, on the suggestion of Mr. Quackenbush, it was resolved:

1. That the members of the club do make it their business

2. To visit the Police Courts

3. Before the next meeting of the club.

The meeting was adjourned by the club, singing, "We're all jolly good
fellows."

THE POLICE COURTS.

"I do remember Ann--"

A. POTHECARIE.

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SEVERAL evenings passed before all the members of the club again
assembled. In the meantime the quantity of manuscripts had become
unusually large, the members having found that the Police Courts were
prolific in sights of the colossal quadruped. When they did meet it was
whispered that one of the members had had some personal experience, not
only as a spectator but as a prisoner. No questions, however, were
propounded upon the subject, in a tone loud enough for the member in
question to hear, as they desired to allow him to speak of the matter
voluntarily, confess his fault, and receive the forgiveness of his
fellows.

The proceedings of the evening were opened by the Higholdboy, who took
his official seat, announced that the special order of the meeting was
to hear the reports of members who had been present at the sessions of
the Police Courts, with the view of noting down their zoological
features.

The Higholdboy called upon Dennis, Wagstaff, and Overdale for the result
of their visit to the Police Courts. Wagstaff's notebook was produced,
and the lengthened narratives inscribed therein went to show the
following state of facts.

Wagstaff arose one morning at six precisely, and, after having hit
Dennis with his own wooden leg, and pulled Overdale's eyes open by his
whiskers and hair, announced to them if they were going to visit the
Essex Market Police Court that day, to see the animals, that it was time
to rise. They slipped on their clothing as soon as possible, and
started somewhat sooner. They passed the Odd Fellows Hall, which
Overdale expatiated upon at some length as an extensive log-chain
factory. He formed his conclusion from seeing three links of chain
represented in a conspicuous part of the buil