Chapter 4

_Peaceful Knight_ (_who has called to ask his way at a strange castle_). "OH, CONFOUND IT! I WISH I'D READ THE NOTICE BEFORE I BLEW THE HORN. I DON'T FEEL A BIT LIKE FIGHTING GIANTS TO-DAY, AND BESIDES I PROMISED TO BE HOME EARLY FOR DINNER."]

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STRENUOUS LIFE IN THE WEST.

"At a charity concert at Clifton recently nearly 200 glass tumblers disappeared in the course of a week."--_Daily Paper._

Very deplorable, of course. Still, towards the end of the sixth consecutive day would the audience be fully responsible?