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Introducing ^Jerry'
Here he is
..one ofthe brightest
boys that ever stepped
within the pages of a bright book ... for
a few minutes! Jerry has a profound know
ledge of "joie de vivre" and is known to
every Club from the Athenteum to the
Junior Slate, besides every Bar from China to
Peru. He doesn't like regular employment—
of the kind you and I know—but we'll
guarantee his sticking the present job he's
on. And that's as compere-extraordinary
to those good things enumerated on the
following pages. He's tried 'em all at one
time or another, so you can take his advice
without hesitation.... Jerry knows!
"Here,I say ..." The Discerning Disciple
has just chipped in. Who is he?.... Oh,a
dry old stick Jerry collected a few days ago.
He was hanging round a still in the Highlands
delicately sniffing the heather-laden breeze
... waiting for the next bus back to the West
End and looking for a kindred spirit. Hefound
it in Jerry.
"See here, Jerry," plaintively murmured the
D.D.,"there are a whole heap ofgoodfolk with
their products outside,and we've got to intro
duce them. Well, who the dickens comes
first? Wecan't push one good laddie before the
other you know."
Jerry smiled the smile of the Just. "Easy,
perfectly easy,my dear old Dithering Disciple.
... We juit take'em alphabetically! Come
along.... it's time to go!"
Andso theyfirst'call upon Mr. Warnink
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"The
Discerning
Discipie'