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March 12, 1887.]

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHAEIVARI.

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House of Commons, Monday, February 28.—Rather fought shy
of Joseph Giixis to-night. Come into a fortune, you know, includ-
ing a Castle,—not in Spain, hut in Ireland. All very well for him
to take notice of humble persons whilst he was plain Joseph Gillis.
But now that he is Joey B., Esq., J.P. of Castle Butlerstown, things
are different. So I thought; but only shows how little even one
permitted to exceptional degree of intimacy knows of this great man.
The princely possessor of the Castle is just the same as my old friend.
The same simple attire, the same manner, bland though shrewd, and
the same comprehensive smile. The only alteration is that noted at
the opening of the Session, all unknowing its purport. A distant
relative left him the Castle; Heaven sent him the beard and mous-
tache, which he assiduously cultivates in Committee of Supply and
during the long stretches of debate on Procedure.

" I felt something would be expected of me," he said, twisting his
fingers in the locality where some day, if matters proceed in present
satisfactory way, the ends of a moustache will appear. " It's all very
well for an ordinary man to go about with smooth upper lip. But a
man who owns a Castle should behave as such. You must come
down and spend a week with me, Toby. Let me know when the
time would suit you, and I '11 tell my Seneschal to prepare the turret-
chambtrr for you. By my halidame, we '11 fill the wassail bowl, have
the boar's-head spiced, and make a revel of it!

" 'It's merry in hall

When beards wag all;' "

and the Castellan laughed a deep " Ho ! ho ! "

Delightful to find him in such high spirits. Tim Healy, who
fears the growth of aristocratic tendencies in the Party, speaks dis-
respectfully of the Castle, and sneers at the boar's head.

It was pig's cheek with you once, Joe Biggak," he growls; " and
good enough too."

As for the turret-chamber, Tim says it's a little closet over the pig-
stye, and the moat is nothing more than a ditch. But this is doubt-
less only petty jealousy. I believe thoroughly in the Castle which I
have read of in the newspapers. In my mind's eye see Joey B., seated
at head of his table in lofty hall, on whose oak wainscoting the light
of the yule fire fitfully plays. Hope the Government will not miss
the opportunity of doing a graceful act. If titles are flung about in
Jubilee year, why should we not have opportunity of writing to
" Baron Biggab of Castle Butlerstown ? "
Business done.— Supplementary Estimates in Committee of Supply.

Tuesday.—" I wish I'd stopped another couple of months in New
Zealand," Sir Robert Eowlee said, just after prayers. Evidently in
uncomfortable frame of mind, blowing his nose inconsequentially,
and muttering to himself. Could catch now and then the phrase
" anonymous tittle-tattle."

THE "DIVISION" BELL. ELECTRIC SHOCK ROUND THE HOUSE.
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Essence of parliament. Extracted from the diary of Toby, M.P.
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