Stalls, ten shillings. Soldiers in uniform admitted at a considerable
reduction.

3 P.M.--Cricket Match between the famous Clown Eleven _versus_ the
Ladies' Sixteen. Grand Stand, three-and-six.

4 P.M.--Comic Carnival, entitled, "Rollicksome Riflemen, or the
Vicissitudes of the Volunteers." Reserved Seats, ninepence.

There, my dear Sir, I think I have written enough. If there was any
time to spare, the shooting programme might still be carried out; but
business is business, and only by the means I have indicated (in my
opinion) can Bisley be made to pay. Trusting that my suggestion may be
accepted in the spirit in which it is offered, I remain,

Yours truly, DIVIDEND BEFORE DEFENCE. _The Money Grubberies, the
Twenty of Shillingsworth-in-the-Pound._

* * * * *

ON THE THRESHOLD OF THEMIS.

(_A Sketch in the New Law Courts in anticipation of the very
next "Cause Célèbre" that may have the good fortune to enlist the
sympathies of the British Public._)

SCENE--_A Corridor outside the Courts appropriated to the
Common Law Division of the High Court of Justice. At each of
the doors of the Court where the Great Trial of Arkass v.
Arkass and Ambo--which abounds in "scandalous revelations in