Punch: Punch (101.1891)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[December 19, 1891.

A PROMISING FOUR-YEAR-OLD.

When Hounds went away, he quickly assumed a prominent
At the Meet he attracted no little a te ition. "position.

TO

Though his manner of taking Rails was rather risky, Yet his Courage was undeniable.

And his method of taking the Fox from the Hounds was
He proved excellent at Water, novel and entertaining.

TOLD IN TAGS.

We have recently been favoured by a communication from a -firm of Publishers, which informs us that, in a
story sent for review, " by an oversight of the binder," the Epilogue was omitted, and inclosing that interesting
document. We have perused the four pages with so much pleasure, that we suggest that, instead of writing the
whole storv, novelists, in future, should only publish the final chapter, which might be beneficially compressed
i lto o few lines. As a lead, we print a few conclusions, to serve as models :—

Specimen of a Happy Ending.—And so there was nothing more to do but to get married, and consequently
Edwin led no happier bride to the altar than his much persecuted and greatly tried Angelina. So the bells of
Tinkleton rang out their merriest chimes as the sun went down on the stately towers of Castle Sympleton.

Speennen of an Unhappy Ending.—So, at peace with all the world, still holding the hand she loved so well,
and smiling a smile that brought tears into the eyes of the good old Colonial Bishop, Flora faded away into

the Golden Dream she
knew so well!

Specimen of a Mys-
terious Ending.—And
so Hugh, carrying a
lamp in his right hand,
and grasping the blade
of his sword in his left,
entered the cave of
which he had heard so
much. Will he ever
return ? "Who can tell P

Specimen of a Comic
Ending.—"So it was
you, after all!" cried
the Cheesemonger, with
a shout of laughter.

Egerton Swelling-
ton smiled an assent.

"Then all lean say,"
continued the worthy
trader, " is, that a miss
is as good as a mile."

And, for once in his
life, Mr. Doeblechix
was absolutely right!

Specimeyi of the Poet-
ical Ending.—So with
the blue-bells sighing
soft music, and the stars
chanting their soothing
lullaby, the sweet soui
of Maria realised - the
truth that—
'Tis better to have loved

and lost,
Than never to have loved
at all.

Speci?nen of the
Shocker s Ending. ■—
And with a gasp and a
reel, Sir Ralph fell
back, back, back, down
the precipice, and an
hour later was found by
the patrolling coast-
guardsman a quivering
mass of senseless hu-
manity !

Specimen of the
Christmas Ending.—
And so, linked hand in
hand, father and
mother, son and
daughter, husband and
wife, nephew and niece,
bowed their heads be-
neath the holly and
mistletoe, and wished
one another, with a
heartiness that told
volumes, "A Merry
Christmas and a Happy
Xew Year! "

Queries for Cam-
bridge Ex am. Paper.—
1. If the Vice-Chancel-
lor's authority to punish
immorality within the
bounds of the University
town of Cambridse is to
be done away with, will
he still retain the then
quite superfluous title
of TVrt'-Chancellor ?

2. On the abolition of
"The Spinning-House,"
as plucked candidates
are often spoken of as
men who were " spun "
for such-and-such an
examination, might not
the Senate - House be
known as "The Spin-
ning-House " ?