PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1879
[December 9, 1678-
WEDDING GIFTS.
Bride. " Oh, Mamma !—see what's just come ! " &amma. " Charming !— how kind of them ! Who sent it ! " Bride. " Oh, I didn't look. But it makes No. 248 ! "
Sister (who is writing out the list of presents): " 249, darling ; 248 came just after Lunch ! "
JUST IN TIME.
Veteran Piscator. " Hech ! but ton's a Muckle Fksh loupin' ahint me ! "- (It was lucky he looked round .'—his Friend from London had preferred Sketching on the Banks,
had stumbled over a Boulder, and " Gone a Header " into a deep hole. He was gaffed at his last kick!)
[December 9, 1678-
WEDDING GIFTS.
Bride. " Oh, Mamma !—see what's just come ! " &amma. " Charming !— how kind of them ! Who sent it ! " Bride. " Oh, I didn't look. But it makes No. 248 ! "
Sister (who is writing out the list of presents): " 249, darling ; 248 came just after Lunch ! "
JUST IN TIME.
Veteran Piscator. " Hech ! but ton's a Muckle Fksh loupin' ahint me ! "- (It was lucky he looked round .'—his Friend from London had preferred Sketching on the Banks,
had stumbled over a Boulder, and " Gone a Header " into a deep hole. He was gaffed at his last kick!)