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A meeting must needs be awaited
To render these mysteries plain;
Perhaps in this letter she's stated
She never will see me again;
On one thing at least I've decided;--
Should she be my partner for life,
A type-writer shall be provided
For the use of my wife!
* * * * *
THE GERMAN AND HORSE-TRYING RIDE.
["Most of the horses were standing, but propping themselves
up against a wall or a post."--_Standard, Wednesday, October
12th_.]
Pity the sorrows of a worn-out horse,
Whose trembling limbs support him 'gainst a wall;
Who asks you,--fearing future trials worse--
To kill him with a sudden shot,--that's all.
* * * * *
A CORRESPONDENT signing "INNOCENTIA DOCET," wants to know if "the Hub
of the Universe" is an official appointment that can only be held by a
Mahommedan or a Mormon?
* * * * *
CONVERSATIONAL HINTS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS.
(_BY MR. PUNCH'S OWN GROUSE IN THE GUN-ROOM._)
And, next, my gallant young Sportsmen, just sharpen up your attention,
and, if you have ears, prepare to lend them now. Be, in fact,
all ears. At any rate, get yourselves as near as possible to that
desirable condition, for we are going to discuss shooting-lunches, and
all that pertains to them. Think of it! Are not some of your happiest
memories, and your most delightful anticipations, bound up with
the mid-day meal, at which the anxieties and disappointments of the
morning, the birds you missed, the birds that, though they got up in
front of you, were shot by your jealous neighbour, the wiped-eyes,
the hands torn in the thorn-bushes, at which, as I say, all these
are forgotten, when you lay aside your gun, and sit down to your
short repose.
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