Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete

CHAPTER I. The Letter J formed by a dog sitting up in begging position

ack, said my uncle Ned to me one evening, as we sat facing each other, on either side of the old oak table, over which, for the last thirty years, my worthy kinsman’s best stories had been told, “Jack,” said he, “do you remember the pair of yellow-topped boots that hung upon the peg in the hall, before you went t...