"ALAS! HOW EASILY THINGS GO WRONG!"

TWENTY-ONE. THINGS GO MORE WRONG.

TWENTY-TWO. "O SPIRIT, AND THE NINE ANGELS WHO WATCH US ..."

TWENTY-THREE. UNIVERSAL ADULT SUFFRAGE.

TWENTY-FOUR. LITTLE ODDS AND ENDS OF LIFE.

TWENTY-FIVE. "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM."

TWENTY-SIX. "OFF WITH THE OLD."

TWENTY-SEVEN. "ONE MIGHT THINK BETTER OF MARRIAGE IF ONE'S MARRIED
FRIENDS ..."

TWENTY-EIGHT. LET THERE BE LOVE.

TWENTY-NINE. "THE SAVAGE SELLS OR EXCHANGES HIS DAUGHTER, BUT IN ..."

THIRTY. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS CONSULT 'THE NOONOON ADVERTISER' OF
THAT DATE.

L'ENVOI.

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GLOSSARY OF COLLOQUIALISMS AND SLANG TERMS.

AUSTRALIAN. AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS. ENGLISH INTERPRETATION.

Billy A tin pail A camp-kettle.
Blokes Guys Chaps--fellows.
Bosker Dandy or "dandy Something meeting with
fine" unqualified approval.
Galoot A rube A yokel--a heavy country
fellow.
Larrikin A hoodlum.
Moke A common knockabout horse.
Narked Sore Vexed--to have lost the
temper.
Gin Squaw An aboriginal woman.
Quod Jail.
Sollicker Somewhat equivalent Something excessive.
to "corker"
Toff A "sport" or "swell A well-dressed
guy" individual--sometimes of
the upper ten.
Two "bob" Fifty cents Two shillings.
To graft To "dig in" To work hard and steadily.
To scoot To vamoose or skidoo To leave hastily and
unceremoniously.
To smoodge To be a "sucker" To curry favour at the expense
of independence.
"Gives me the pip" "Makes me tired" Bores.
"On a string" } Trifling with him.
"Pulling his leg"}
Kookaburra A