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p reign once more in Ballybun; but any visitor who desires to see the beauties of Spagnoletti's famous masterpiece (what McAroon calls his "Anna Dryomeny") without the washing to serve as a veil must come by night and bring his own matches. * * * * * [Illustration: A MINISTERIAL ATTITUDE. _Wife_ (_to amateur politician_). "NAH THEN--WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? IN THE 'OUSE O' COMMONS?"] * * * * * SO LONG. All coiled down, and it's time for us to go, Every sail's furled in a smart harbour stow, Another ship for us an' for her another crew; An' so long, sailorman. Good luck to you! Fun an' friends I wish you till the pay's all gone, Pleasure while you spend it an' content when it's done, An' a chest that's not empty when you go back to sea, An' a better ship than she's been an' a truer pal than me. A good berth I wish you in a ship that's well-found, With a decent crowd forrard an' her gear all sound, Spars a man can trust to when it comes on to blow, An' no bo'sun bawlin' when it's your watch below. A good Trade I wish you an' a fair landfall, Neither fog nor iceberg, nor long calm nor squall, A pleasant port to come to when the work's all through... An' so long, sailorman. Good luck to you! C.F.S. * * * * * [Illustration: THE NEW POOR. "GOOD MORNING, MADAM. I DEAL IN CAST-OFF CLOTHING." "OH, HOW LUCKY! DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD SUIT MY HUSBAND?"] * * * * * THE SMUGGLER. (_With the British Army in France._) "If I am to be a bold bad smuggler, old scream," said Percival, packing pyjamas and parcels into his bag, "I demand the proper costume and accessories of the craft. No self-respecting smuggler can be expected to run a cargo in a British warm and field-boots." "Of course, my swaggering buccaneer, if you want to do it in the grand manner," answered Frederick, "I'll arrange for the saucy little cutter, the sequestered cove an' the hard-riding exciseman with a cocked hat and cutlass. But the simpler if less picturesque way is to dump your bag on the counter at the Customs House and be taken with a fit of sneezing when the Grand Inquisitor asks you if you have anything to declare." "Whereupon he'll hand me a quinine tablet and, when I show signs of convalescence, repeat the question in a loud voice. And
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