Father and mother face their plight
More hopeful for the treat,
And bless the God who made a world
Beyond Great Gasworks Street.
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WHERE AND HOW TO SPEND A HAPPY DAY, WEATHER PERMITTING, OF COURSE.--Go
to Sevenoaks; lovely drive, see Knole Park and House, drive back _via_
Farningham--prettiest place possible, and one that the broken-hearted
_Tupman_ might have chosen for his retreat from the madding crowd--to
Dartford, where dine at the ancient hostelrie called "The Bull."
Recommended by the _Punch_ faculty, the Bull and no mistake. Then up
to London, still by road,--if a fine moonlight night, delightful,--and
remember the summer day so well spent as "a Knole 'Oliday."
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TOO CLEVER BY HALF.
(_BEING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CUT ON THE STRAIGHT_.)
_Question_. So you have finished your education?
_Answer_. Yes, thanks to the liberality of the School Board.
_Q._ Do you know more than your parents?
_A._ Certainly, as my father was a sweep, and my mother a charwoman.
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