Spite of all this, however, and contending against me, who am a master in the art, he made so desperate a defence, that many times I feared he might turn the tables upon me; and that I, an amateur, might be murdered by a rascally baker.

"Headlines from a Daily Paper.] As I walked forth in Baker Street As sober as a Quaker, Whom did I have the luck to meet? I met a jolly Baker.

" "Well," said the baker, thoughtfully, "I should say this little girl was seven or eight years old.