Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 by Various
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to prison, so now he the Constable, in the name of the Law, would hale KING
HERBERT before the Magistrate. So King and Clown were had up accordingly. Did the Clown whimper, and cry, "Oh, please, Sir, it wasn't me, Sir; it was t'other boy, Sir!" and did the good King prepare to meet his fate like a man? and was he ready to put his head cheerfully on the wig-block and declare with his latest breath (up to 12.55 P.M.) that in his closing hours he died for the benefit of the Public? We know not--except that both delinquents were let off--like squibs--and Mine Host, the Boniface, had to pay all the fines. He at all events had a Fine old time of it! _Sic transit_! So fitly ends the long run of a good Pantomime. _Finis coronat opus_! * * * * * The Volunteer Review at Dover. _General Idea of Officers in Command._--To make as few mistakes as possible in handling some thousands of imperfectly-drilled and entirely undisciplined bodies of men. _The same of the Rank and File._--To spend an annual holiday in marching and counter-marching, and then, after thirty miles of moving over a heavy country, to return to London dead beat. * * * * * EFFECTIVELY SETTLING IT.--A "par" in the _Daily Telegraph_ last Friday informed us that "The Bishop of EXETER administered, yesterday, the rite of confirmation to thirty-eight patients of the Western Counties' Idiot Asylum at Starcross. This is the first time such a rite has been conferred upon |
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