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-so far from being chastened and softened by the circumstance that the curse she had launched at Mr Bhosh's head had returned, like

he boomerang, she was in a greater stew than ever, and resolved to leave no stone unturned t

ns of his ladylove, since the Princess was too severely enamoured t

himself. She paid a complimentary visit to the Princess, arrayed in the sheepish garb of a fr

ad, of course, not neglected the sensible precaution of consulting some competent soothsa

ebrained! Fortunately, there was yet time to do the needful, and she her

he address and name of the cleverest necromancer, for it is matter of notoriety that London lad

set forth on the summit of a tramway 'bus to the Observatory Temple of Greenwich, where, after first propitiating the prophet by offerings, they were ushered into a darkened inner ch

I foresee many calamities which will inevitably befall thee shouldest thou marry before the

of so much as a single racing-horse of any description, and it was therefore not feasible that h

to commonsense and bonos mores, to attach any importance to the mere ipse dixit of so antiquated a charlatan as the Astrologer-Royal, who was u

MANY CALAMITIES WHICH WI

, and very solemnly declared that nothing would induce her to kneel by Mr Bhosh's side a

nuptial ceremony was become a dies non in a Grecia

upset his apple-cart of felicity-but so it was, for by a clandestine bribe, she had corrupted the

a very long oath by all the gods that he had ceased to believe in, that sooner or later, by crook or hook, he would win t

he not enlist his unwieldy gifthorse among Derby candidates

hough undeniably swift-footed) ever to become a favourite with Derby judges; secondly, after dismounting Mr Bhosh, it had

by a white horse drawing a milk chariot with unparalleled velocity, outstripping omnibuses, waggons, and even butcher-carts

uch a record when handicapped with a cumbrous dairy chariot would exhibit even greater speed if in

to learn the result of his horse's escapade, Mr Bhosh sto

orse and cart were gone concerns, thought he was making the goo

, which he very fortunately chanced to have about him, and galloping off to ins

must leave you to learn, my dear