Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 4 – Anonymous · Verses Across
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Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 4A Genuine Sportswoman
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Literature · Humor
Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 4
A Genuine Sportswoman
AnonymousEnglish
Mrs. Shodditon (to Captain Forrard, on a cub-hunting morning). "I do hope you'll have good sport, and find plenty of foxes."
Captain Forrard. "Hope so. By the way, how is that beautiful collie of yours that I admired so much?"
Mrs. Shodditon. "Oh! Fanny! poor dear! Our keeper shot it by mistake for a fox!"
Same Short-sighted Party arrived at thornbush, discovers error, and reflects--"Five miles from station, perhaps ten--fifty miles from town, missed express, missed dinner, lost mount, wet through, getting dusk, and, by the way, where am I?" [Left reflecting.