FROM THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION.

“ ‘Some time ago…’ No… ‘Quite a few years ago…’ Not quite. ‘I am reminded of the story of the Irishman and…’ Well, per-haps not suited to gravity of the occasion. ‘Eighty-seven years ago…’ Sounds too arithmetical. ‘Seven and a quarter dozen years ago…’ A little too something or other. How about scores? Let me see: eighty-seven divided by twenty, carry the…”