Category: Humour
Several of the following sketches have appeared already in the _Cambridge Review_ and the _Cantab_. Perhaps the friends who welcomed them then may welcome them now, on their reappearance in another and more permanent form.
“‘Take ’em down,’ says the Bishop; ‘Farmer Price’ll lend ’e a helpin’ hand: and we’ve none too much time to get ’em back to the churchyard and bury ’em.’ Joseph hisself could sc...
7. Part 7“Well, I don’t understand Greek and Latin,” said Thorne, “so suppose we talk English. I have been studying you carefully, Bindo, and have come to the conclusion that you look hi...
5. Part 5Thenceforth the sympathy between these two was complete. When Judy was ill again, almost to death, she was restful nowhere but in her master’s presence. When he left the room, h...
3. Part 3Then came the always exciting task of moving the immense Bible from the reading desk to the pulpit. He regarded it, I think, almost in the light of a fetish, and certainly, so l...
2. Part 2“Well, I’m glad that it’s gone,” said a quiet, sweet voice at my elbow, as Ronald and I were watching the departure of the last load of materials. And, turning, I saw before me...
4. Part 4Who was she? and how had he managed it? were the questions I asked myself at the time. Somehow or other, I couldn’t imagine Ronald proposing to his lady-love in a conventional,...
1. Part 1Several of the following sketches have appeared already in the _Cambridge Review_ and the _Cantab_. Perhaps the friends who welcomed them then may welcome them now, on their rea...
8. Part 8Glancing at the parcel he had given me, I found it was addressed to myself. It contained a small diamond ring without word or comment. At the time when we found the jewellery at...