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COMIC TALES. 65 THE RIVAL LOVERS. 1 Mina will not listen to the addresses of the Sultan. 8 He orders her to be kept a prisoner till she changes her min d. S Arthur disguised ao a minstrel, bribes her jailor with the rum bottle. 4 He is allowed to play before her window. 5 She recognises and iutreats him to save her. 0 He mouuts the ladder and embraces her. THE MILLER fi 1 The sweep timidly takes a kiss from Nanny. S’.To his horror he secs the miller on more intimate terms than himself. S In a rage he rushes after his bold rival. 4 The miller, unable to hide, gets a hiding. 0 The sweep has to retreat up the chimney. : The miller, who cannot follow him, tries to wash him out of it. 7 The Blnve tells the Saltan what is going on- 8 They both hasten to the ladder, anr have nearly reached the window. 0 When Arthur and Mina, rushing out below, knock it over. 10 In the confusion they made good their escape. 11 They enter a boat and sail for a happier shore. 12 Leaving the Sultan and his sla?e to settle thei* own affairs. D THE SWEEP. 7 Though lie could not follow him up, against hia will he follows him down. 8 They fall into the box at the bottom. 9 Nanny and Fanny sit upon the box in triumph. 10 The tables are completely turned. 11 The confusion that results from not knowing whom you love. 12 They make it up, and love each oS*er two and two. THE BOOKWORM. 1 He wipes the dust from his spectacles and puts them on. S He lights his cigar and begins to read. 3 He forgets his cigar, and is absorbed in tis book. 4 He is in the middle of a moet interesting chapter. $ When he is startled by the cat jumping up on his shoulder. 8 Annoyed at the interruption, he kicks her downstairs. 7 He is again lost in his book. 8 His lamp Ib growing dim for want of oil. 9 Still reading by tho light of a candle, he spiGd the paraffin. 10 A fearful explosion takes place. The book- worm, where is he J 11 With much difficulty and a quantity of water his life is saved. 12 He lies in bod a pitiable object, the viotixn of his own folly. 1 2 3 4 5 0 The quarrelsome dog. Tho baker’s girl. The butcher. The admonition. Frightening the schoolboys. The sweep. THE QUARRELSOME DOG. Hy LEOPOLD WRAY. 7 The colonc-1. 8 Tlie colonel’s resolution. 9 The attack. 10 The sentence. 11 Snap's new master. 12 Snap’s new home. BOOK OF THE ABOVE, la. I The introduction. 8 That heathen Chinee. 3 Bill Nye. 4 Commencing the game. 3 Ah Sin astonishes the Fair. THE HEATHEN CHINEE. By BRET HARTE. G The rupture. * The attack. 8 The final 6Ctno. 9 Concluding remarks. Book of the above, la. JOCKO, THE BRAZILIAN APE. 1 Jocko cutting capers in his native forest. 8 Jocko with tho pitch-lined boots. 8 Jocko and tho two Angola cats. 4 Jocko caught stealing brandy, i Jocko caught in the act of throwing the boat- swain’s son overboard. € Jocko loaded with Professor Kleck’s apparatus. 7 Jocko in Professor Rudiger’s Btudy. j Book of the 8 Jocko falling into the middle of the crockery. 9 The sweep sells J ocko for eighteen-pence. 10 Jocko as footman to the Baron. 11 Jocko personating his master. 12 Jocko is found out by Dr. Chloroform and tha constable. 13 Jocko obliged to perform with dogs. 14 Jocko begging a free passage, above, la. THE BARRED 1 Bmith in hia efforts to see who is knocking at the door gets his head fixed between the window bars. S His visitor, seeing his opportunity, turns it to good account. 8 Smith makes a frantic effort to free himself. H’ The visitor does not leave without paying his j ttWpCCtB. ’ I WINDOW. 5 His cries bring his better half upon tho scene 6 She quickly scnd3 for a blacksmith. t The bars are sawn through and he is set M liberty. 8 He rubs his'bruises and laments the loss of We property. 3