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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892, by Various, Edited by F. C. Burnand This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 Author: Various Release Date: January 5, 2005 [eBook #14601] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 102, MAY 7, 1892*** E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, William Flis, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14601-h.htm or 14601-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/4/6/0/14601/14601-h/14601-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/4/6/0/14601/14601-h.zip) PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI VOL. 102 MAY 7, 1892 'ARRY ON WHEELS. [Illustration: Our 'Arry Laureate.] DEAR CHARLIE,--Spring's on us at last, and a proper old April we've 'ad, Though the cold snap as copped us at Easter made 'oliday makers feel mad. Rum cove that old Clerk o' the Weather; seems somehow to take a delight In mucking Bank 'Oliday biz; seems as though it was out of sheer spite. When we're fast with our nose to the grindstone, in orfice or fact'ry, or shop, The sun bustiges forth a rare bat, till a feller feels fair on the 'op; But when Easter or Whitsuntide's 'andy, and outings all round is in train, It is forty to one on a blizzard, or regular buster of rain. It's a orkud old universe, CHARLIE, most things go as crooked as Z. Feelosophers _may_ think it out, 'ARRY ain't got the 'eart, or the 'ead; But I 'old the perverse, and permiskus is Nature's fust laws, and no kid. If it isn't a quid and bad 'ealth, it is always good 'ealth and _no_ quid! 'Owsomever it's no use a fretting. I got one good outing--on wheels; For I've took to the bicycle, yus,--and can show a good many my 'eels. You should see me lam into it, CHARLIE, along a sm
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