Fred's was approachin: in an evil hour he began making TIME-BARGINGS.

Let this be a warning to all young fellers, and Fred's huntimely hend hoperate on them in a moral pint of vu! "You all know under what favrabble suckemstanses the Great Hafrican Line, the Grand Niger Junction, or Gold Coast and Timbuctoo (Provishnal) Hatmospheric Railway came out four weeks ago: deposit ninepence per share of 20L.

(six elephant's teeth, twelve tons of palm-oil, or four healthy niggers, African currency)--the shares of this helegeble investment rose to 1, 2, 3, in the Markit.

A happy man was Fred when, after paying down 100 ninepences (3L.

15s.), he sold his shares for 250L.