It was he who had charge of the only two cannon Berlin possessed, and who, never tiring, without rest or relaxation, gent death into the ranks of the enemy.

When a gent figures on coming back, he tidies things up a little when he leaves in the morning.

He had not been ma-ny mi-nutes in-dul-ging in his grief, when he felt him-self gent-ly lift-ed from the ground by a gi-gan-tic hand, which pass-ed him high a-bove the threat-en-ing wa-ters, and pla-ced him in safe-ty on the op-po-site bank.

They got ways of teaching gents manners.

"Lady and gent performers of the circus," announced the ringmaster jovially, "I am sure we will all agree that a good time has been had by all.

"There was one gent round here this morning askin' his way, but except for him we bin remarkable quiet.

"Hark to this gent sing," said one, and his name was the Pedlar.

"I was standing by looking at a large-sized fracas one day and me doing nothingjust as peaceful as an old plough-hosswhen a gent ups and drills me in the leg.