Lendle

Originally published as a series in “Punch” under the heading “Jottings and Tittlings by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee.”

Excerpt:
The savage heart of the Collector was moved by my expostulation, and he consented to open the gate, and imprint a perforated hole on my ticket; but, alack! his repentance was a day after the fair, for the train had already taken its hook into the Cimmerian gloom of a tunnel! When the next train arrived, I, waiting prudently until it was quiescent, stepped into a compartment, wherein I was dismayed and terrified to find myself alone with an individual and two lively young terriers, which barked minaciously at my legs.

[Illustration: “LET OUT! LET OUT!!”]

But I, with much presence of mind, protruded my head from the window, vociferating to those upon the platform, “Let out! Let out!! Fighting dogs are here!!!”