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THE FOREIGN TOUR
OF
MESSRS. BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON.
1
THE MAIL TRAIN TO DOVER. BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON STARTING ON THEIRTRAVELS.
AFTER A ROUGH PASSAGE, BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON ARE HERE SEEN LANDEDAT OSTEND, SURROUNDED, AND A LITTLE BEWILDERED, BY THE NATIVES, WHOOVERWHELM THEM WITH ATTENTIONS—SEIZE THE LUGGAGE, THRUST CARDSINTO THEIR HANDS, DRAG THEM IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS AT ONCE, ALL TALKINGTOGETHER (WHICH PREVENTED THEIR DIRECTIONS BEING SO CLEAR AS THEYOTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN)—AND, FINALLY, ALL EXPECTING MONEY!
THEY ARE AT THE DOUANE, WAITING FOR THE OFFICIALS TO SEARCH THELUGGAGE.
ROBINSON AND JONES (ALARMED BY EXPRESSION OF BROWN’S COUNTENANCE).—“WHAT’S THE MATTER NOW?” BROWN (IN A VOICE OF AGONY).—“I’VE LEFT THE KEY OF MY BAG AT HOME!”
A SKETCH MADE AT MALINES.
