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           TheflagwiththeinscriptionSleary’sHorse-ridingwasthere;andtheGothicnichewasthere;butMr.Slearywasnotthere.MasterKidderminster,growntoomaturelyturfytobereceivedbythewildestcredulityasCupidanymore,hadyieldedtotheinvincibleforceofcircumstances(andhisbeard),and,inthecapacityofamanwhomadehimselfgenerallyuseful,presidedonthisoccasionovertheexchequerhavingalsoadruminreserve,onwhichtoexpendhisleisuremomentsandsuperfluousforces.Intheextremesharpnessofhislookoutforbasecoin,Mr.Kidderminster,asatpresentsituated,neversawanythingbutmoney;soSissypassedhimunrecognised,andtheywentin.

           TheEmperorofJapan,onasteadyoldwhitehorsestencilledwithblackspots,wastwirlingfivewash-handbasinsatonce,asitisthefavouriterecreationofthatmonarchtodo.Sissy,thoughwellacquaintedwithhisRoyalline,hadnopersonalknowledgeofthepresentEmperor,andhisreignwaspeaceful.MissJosephineSleary,inhercelebratedgracefulEquestrianTyroleanFlowerAct,wasthenannouncedbyanewclown(whohumorouslysaidCauliflowerAct),andMr.Slearyappeared,leadingherin.

           Mr.SlearyhadonlymadeonecutattheClownwithhislongwhip-lash,andtheClownhadonlysaid,‘Ifyoudoitagain,I’llthrowthehorseatyou!’whenSissywasrecognisedbothbyfatheranddaughter.ButtheygotthroughtheActwithgreatself-possession;andMr.Sleary,savingforthefirstinstant,conveyednomoreexpressionintohislocomotiveeyethanintohisfixedone.

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