“They were all rather nervous.”
. . . just at that moment a voice from behind the fence said, “Well my goodness gracious! Pretty goings on, I must say! Pepper-and-Salt come down this very minute, or I’ll know the reason why!”
They did come down, but not exactly as they had intended to do, for they all tumbled flop in a heap on the floor, amid squeals and howls from the audience.
PETER PIPER’S PEEP SHOW or All the Fun of the Fair
Written by S. H. Hamer.
Illustrations by Lewis Baumer and Harry B. Neilson.
Cassell And Company, Ltd.: London, Paris, New York & Melbourne. 1906.
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