Yur 'tis if 'eed laike to see un."
Uncle Tom fumbled in his pocket, drew out a cutting and handed it to
me. There surely enough was a photo of him and "the waife," sitting on
a public garden-seat eating pasties and underneath the legend--
"SUITS YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE.
An old couple snapped in Hyde Park.
The gentleman, smart though elderly,
is seen wearing a brown model of _The
Daily Mail_ hat."
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[Illustration: =AFTER THE BALL.=
"_The Spirit of Jazz._" "TAXI!"
_Taxi-Driver._ "SORRY, SIR--OLE NICK 'AS JUST COPPED ME."]
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THE CYNOSURE.
Among the passengers on the boat was a tall dark man with a black
moustache and well-cut clothes who spent most of his time walking the
deck or reading alone in his chair. Every ship has such recluses, who
often, however, are on the fringe of several sets, although members
of none. But this man remained apart and, being so determined and
solitary, he was naturally the subject of comment and inquiry, even
more of conjecture. His name was easy to discover from the plan of the
table, but we knew no more until little Mrs.
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