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Punch, or The London Charivari
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August 15, 1891, by Various 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, Vol. 101, August 15, 1891
Author: Various
Release Date: September 18, 2004 [EBook #13491]
Language: English
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 101.
August 15, 1891.
A TERRIBLE TALE.
[Illustration]
Alas! it had of course to be! For weeks I had not left my room, When one fell day there came on me An awful doom.
A burly rough, who drank and swore, Without a word--I could not shout-- Attacked me brutally, and tore My nails right out.
Then, dragging me out to the air-- No well-conducted conscience pricked him-- He mercilessly beat me there, His helpless victim.
With cruel zest he beat me well, He beat me till in parts I grew-- I shudder as the tale I tell-- All black and blue.
But what on earth he was about, I could not guess, do what I would; But when at length he cleaned me out I understood.
Yet do not shed a tear, because You've heard my story told in metre, For I'm a Carpet, and he was A Carpet-Beater.
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