I think I have given reasons for believing that the reverse of this is nearer the truth. IS THERE A PEOPLE?

" THERE'S PIPPINS AND CHEESE TO COME BY CHARLES S. BROOKS 1917 Illustrated by Theodore Diedricksen, Jr. TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER CONTENTS I.

"I DOOT, TAMMAS, THERE'S SOME INFORMEESHUN THAT MAN LLOYD GEORGE HAS GOT THAT WE HAVENA GOT."]

"BY JOVE, THERE'S A NICE QUIET-LOOKING GIRL

[Illustration: "'WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF THEM WITH A BAND, I LOSE MY HEAD.'

" THERE IS THE SYMBOL HE WHO RUNS MAY READ.

At St. Paul's there is morning and evening service on a Sunday; and every Wednesday evening there is a short service, but like the bulk of mid-week devotional exercises it is not much cared for, only about 150 joining it on the average.

"PLEASE, SIR, THERE'S A CHATEAU ON TOP OF IT, SIR."]

"WELL, DEAR, WERE THERE NO EGGS?

X. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL EXTERNAL CAUSES OF COLD, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS DISSIMILITUDE OF MINDS AND MANNERS.

"Well then, very well then; next mornin' the sarvants was sweepin' and clanin' an' dustin', here an' there an' everywhere, the way they do in the houses of Quality.

CONSEQUENTLY THERE ARE MARRIAGES IN HEAVEN.

"WELL, OLD CHAP, WERE THERE PLENTY OF LITTLE GIRLS FOR YOU TO DANCE WITH?" Son (rather proud of himself).

JEAN ADAMS THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE (c. 1771) ROBERT FERGUSSON THE DAFT DAYS (1772) ANONYMOUS ABSENCE (c. 1773?)

"REMEMBER, THERE IS A GENTLEMAN PRESENT.

"THERE'S THEM PRISMATIC SPOTTING GLASSES, SIR.