We are sorry to have gummed the trate as we did the other day. It was not really our fault, If only that Chinese constable had not started to fly! It was indecorous of him, to say the least. Not only does he weigh 14 stone, but he has attained to years when he should be above sudden impersonal tions of a "birdie" in a kindergarten game. If not, let the authorities see to it that at such times as he fancies himself a monoplane, he shall sound a hooter or something before taking off. ed, and resorted to certain new words we had learned from a recent visitor to the office who had called in to register a complaint. The constable failed. to appreciate them. Not so Captain Skinks, whose face lost all its stony hauteur as he raised an amazed eyebrow at us. This was our cue to address further observations to him. He began to show signs of annoyance.
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