Would you believe it, Mr. Orkins, a gennelman comes to me, and he ses, 'Sam,' he ses, 'I want to find a little pet dawg as belonged to a lidy'which was his wife, in courseand he ses the lidy was nearly out of her mind.

"'Oh! who with?' ses the skipper, pretending not to know.

Wotever put that into your 'ead?' "'And made you lose your bet,' ses Peter.

"'But he took it back,' ses the man, trying to sit up and pointing at Sam.

"'We saw you,' ses the cook, winking; 'didn't we Bob?' "'Yes,' ses Bob, shaking his silly 'ead; 'but it wasn't no surprise to me.

Your ticker as well.' "'Wot?' ses Ginger and Peter both together.

"P'r'aps you're fond o' dumb animals, sir," ses the conjurer.

"'It's a shame to let 'im come out alone,' ses one o' the other gals.

"Don't be frightened, Bill," ses the landlord.

"'Laugh away, mates,' ses Bob; 'I know you don't mean it.

"'Wots the matter with it?' ses Mr. Bunnett.

"Where to?" ses George.

"You'll lose the best of it if you go now," ses old Isaac, in a whisper; "in the next picture there's little frogs and devils sitting on the edge of the pot as 'e goes to drink.

"Wot's up?" ses the policeman, staring 'ard at my little party.

"'He usually likes it,' ses Peter Russet.

'It can't be!' "'It was them,' ses my wife.

" "Ah, I don't like to hear you talk like that George," ses Bob Pretty.

Halloa!" "Wot's the matter?" ses the woman, looking at 'im.

"What seest thou?" said a voice whose very direction I could not recognise.

"'I know; we see 'im,' ses the other chap.

" "But I can't act," ses Rupert.

"'Ow you could ever 'ave thought you 'ad a chance, Bob, I don't know,' ses Henery Walker.

"I'm surprised when I look round at the wimmen men 'ave married," ses the nevy; "wot they could 'ave seen in them I can't think.

"We've been together for years," ses Ted.

"You're a marvel, that's wot you are," ses the tec, shaking his 'ead.