And then the British Captain completely understood the situation.

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[Illustration: A SOLILOQUY.

(_At the close of the German Exhibition._)

_West Kensington Cuirassier_. "NOW OI WONDER WHAT KOIND OF AN 'ERO
OI'LL 'AVE TO BE NEXT YEAR?"]

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