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1. A ruin'd scene between the manservant and the Scot. (14.) 10. The bird appears to give a brief order for cooking eggs. (7.) II. They should be returned. (7.) 12. Social calls for bridge. (5.)

13. He might have a cousin in Inverness. also intending to keep warm. (9.) 14, 16. Lucky colcars. (5, 2, 4.)

19. Used to dig itself, maybe. (4.) 20. LtIce Napoleon facetiously ? (7.) 23. The mixture is largely two processes with tea. (9.) 25. Men called upon frequently by Tennyson to form. (5.) 26. Dodging ? No, I save backwards.

(7.) 27. Shakespearean character who received a letter describing an adventure with a pirate. (7.)

28. This seems to be a welcome com- munication from the banker. (6, 2. 6.)

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2. It was asked in the Book of Job if one could ouide him with his sons.

(8.) 3. Exclamatory cockney's good man. (5.) 4. Resolute. '9.) 5. They seem to be a side issue. (5.) 6. Sweets available for bed-clothes. (5, 4.) 7. Peculiar modes of expression. (6.) 8. Smelling one's was along ? (6.) 9. A respectful apparition. (7.) 15. I vex Poles (snag.) (9.) 16. This man was stony, though not necessarily broke. (9.)

17. People seldom face it singly. (8.)

18. Ask Noel for change. (7.) 21. "How's that ? " for example (6.)

22. Where eventually to find the shoe- maker. (2, 4.)

24. The composition of the Kaiser's abode. (5.) 25. Uncommon old. (5.)