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HIS GRACE. | 19 waiter, who.no doubt thought that he had drunk more wine than was good for him. ‘‘ My dear old chap,” he exclaimed, “ this is awfully good of you, and I don’t know how to thank you enough. My mother will be delighted when she hears of it ; for she knows, if anybody does, that I am the worst hand in the world at keeping accounts. We really ought to have another bottle of fizz to celebrate this joyful occa-— sion. Waiter, bring another bottle of that stuff which they have the cheek to call ’74 Giessler.” As lama Christian man, I left that club perfectly sober, yet perfectly convinced that I had behaved like a friend in need. And, indeed, I believe that such is the impression which my poor dear Hurstbourne inva- riably manages to convey to those whom he has befriended. Gomicboo cS (E(0) m