CHAPTER VIII

The doings of my donkeys “Tom” and “Jerry.” How I educated them. The training of animals. A Hull doctor hoaxed. My misadventure on the opening night at Hull. How “Tom” was taught to sing. “Jerry” suddenly drops dead at Glasgow. “Tom’s” great cleverness. How he scared the ballet girls at the Leicester Square Empire. “Tom” undergoes a singular surgical operation at Bordeaux. How I said “something nice” to Mr. Gladstone at Covent Garden Theatre. I am “commanded” to perform before Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. “Tom’s” misbehaviour on this occasion. Her Majesty’s appreciation of the performance.