Excerpt from Punch, Vol. 102 The Law of Karma has mysteries which are hid even from the initiated, and I am still at a loss to explain how it came about that Iwes next incorporated in an Organ TO But so it was. I had been a fairly good Ninepin, but then a Klinepin's virtue is purely of the ne tive order, and this may have been the reason why I was not eld entitled hi her promotion. Still, a Top t at, when spun, emits a kind of devotional drone, with a dis tinct choral suggestion about it, was a rise from a Nine in, and I had a feeling that had a mission to perform, even though I was rather vague as to its precise nature. There were thousands of frivolous toys in the Arcade where I was spun, and I did what I could to intro duce a note of deeper solemnity in my uncongenial surround ings, though, I fear, with little success. At last I was pur chased and taken away by a well-meaning person, who saw in me a suitable Sunday to for asmall godchild. The ode 'ld, unfortunately, re garde me with unfeigned alarm, and could never be induced to come near me, while the majority of the household treated the low Gre gorian chant which I bummed so perpetually as an unmitigated nuisance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.