With the tragic tale of Percy's
Death I meant to close these verses,
But we see quite clearly there, too,
Other ills that Bird is heir to.
He has also lost, you see,
Individuality;
Perce the Partridge, named and known,
With an ego all his own,
Disappears; and in his place
There remains but "half-a-brace."
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[Illustration: _New Landlord._ "GEORGE, BILLIARDS WILL BE
EIGHTEENPENCE A HUNDRED."
_Potman._ "THAT'S MORE'N THEY PAID BEFORE, SIR."
_New Landlord._ "WHAT DID THEY PAY?"
_Potman._ "WELL, IT _WAS_ A BOB, BUT THEY MOSTLY SNEAKED OUT THROUGH
THAT DOOR."]
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=Situations to Suit all Ages.=
"Lady-Typist (aged 1920) required for invoicing department of West
End wholesale firm."--_Daily Paper._
"Wanted, capable Person, about 3 years of age, to undertake all
household duties, country residence."--_Scottish Paper._
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"DICK WHITTINGTON, 1920.
And, last of all, here is Dick WPhittington, otherwise known as
Alderman Roll, Lord Mayor of London.
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