BOHM TREE's own
introduction, then indeed he might remind them of _A-gag_; that is, if
he were continually a-gagging.--M.L."

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NEW BOOK.--Soon may be expected, _A Guide to the Unknown Tongs_, by
the Author of _A Handbook to Poker_.

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[Illustration: THE PARLIAMENTARY SAFETY BICYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP--THE LAST
LAP.]

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[Illustration: FICTION--PRESENT STYLE.

_Gertrude._ "YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING NOW, MARGARET, BUT GO TO ALL SORTS
OF CHURCHES, AND READ THOSE OLD BOOKS OF THEOLOGY. YOU NEVER USED TO
BE LIKE THAT."

_Margaret._ "HOW CAN I HELP IT, GERTY?--I'M WRITING A POPULAR NOVEL!"]

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TAKE CARE!

A SONG OF CONVALESCENCE AFTER INFLUENZA.

_BY AN IMPATIENT PATIENT._

AIR--"_Beware!_"

"I feel as well as well can be!"--
_Take care!_
La Grippe's deceptive dontcher see,
Beware! Beware!
Trust it not,
'Twill be fooling thee;

It's just three weeks since I was "down!"--
_Take care!_
"I'm wanted very much in town."
Beware! Beware!
Run no risk,
'Tis humbugging thee!

"_I_ feel all right,--as well as you!"--
_Take care!_
What feeling tells you is not true!
Beware! Beware!
Pneumonia waits
To be nipping thee!

"You Doctors are such funny chaps!"--
_Take care!_
We know the dangers of Relapse.
Beware! Beware!
Flout me not,
_I'm_ not fooling thee!

"Too long you pillow us and pill us!"--
_Take care!_
You don't half know that blarmed bacillus.
Beware! Beware!
Brave it not,
'Twill be flooring thee!

"The fever's gone, the aches seem vanished."
_Take care!_
They come back when you think 'em banished.
Beware! Beware!
Trust 'em not,
They'll be dodging thee!

"Oh, come, I say, look here, you know!"--
_Take care!_
Your pulse is yet two beats too slow.
Beware! Beware!
Trifle not,
Sense is schooling thee!

"Three weeks have I been on my back!"--
_Take care!_
You don't want to _renew_ the rack.
Beware! Beware!
East winds are out,
They'll