Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891 by Various
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page 20 of 46 (43%)
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_Susan Jane_. But you _are_ looking--I saw you. [_A curious and deeply
interested crowd collects around them._ _Soldier_. Honour bright, I ain't seen nothing. Are you going to be all night over this 'ere tomfoolery? [_SUSAN JANE puts in a penny, blushing and tittering; a faint musical tinkle is heard from the case, and the little fairies begin to revolve in a solemn and mystic fashion; growing excitement of crowd. A pasteboard bower falls aside, revealing a small disc on which a sentence is inscribed._ _Person in Crowd_ (_reading slowly over SUSAN JANE's shoulder_). "Yus; 'e is treuly worthy of your love." _Crowd_ (_delighted_). That's worth a penny to know, _ain't_ it, Miss? _Your_ mind's easy now! It's the soldier she was meanin'. Ah,_'e_ ought to feel satisfied too, after that! &c., &c. [_Confusion of SUSAN JANE._ _Soldier_ (_as he departs with S.J._). Well, yer know, there's something _in_ these things, when all's said! IN DEPARTING. _A Pleased Pleasure-seeker_. Ah, that's something like, that is! I've seen the 'Aunted Miser, and the Man with the 'Orrors, and a Execution, and a Dyin' Child--they do make you _larf_, yer know! _Second P.P._ Yes, it's a pity the rest o'the Exhibition ain't more |
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