Judge — January 16, 1884 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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No. 2 THE JUDGE. APPEARANCES ARE DECEITF UL. nd they caught it doctor who hadn't They had brought their Ima up my mind if they found out that it wasn’t afresh break they would do it by their learn- ing, not mind Her sufferin: extent while they w doctor aske seemed to L In my ri voice, Ter pro matrimonial Mt into practice, expert along increased to i ruined, as far concerned: she remainder of her lance on crutches the 1 of ‘em; has a me I don wont be to go limpin “Ts you lent I “Oh no, time to ec T do know she wisely now that she hear American 5 «l toa duke, but a duke will do for her. Pm afi wont even iook at Arthur if she ge ad” rommittce now went off in one corner room and consulted awhile; then they e back and told Sally Mart that + they‘ give her five thousand in cash to settle not that they ought to any such sum, but th dnt want the trouble of a lawsuit just then. “L don’t said Sally How much do you want ing man. Your whol made me suff pay for pain. call it square.” That is exhe ant,” said he. “T noticed in the papers that one of your elevated companies had to pay thirty-five thousand in a suit for damages, and I've got the same lawyer engaged that tried that took an nothi il sh able to pay think five thousand enough,” * said the lead- pad isn’t worth what you've id she, ** but money can’t Vil take eight thousand and hey paid down the eight thousand, but made Sally Mari and T both sign papers of omall farther damages. Sally Mari her mark with her left hand, as her right hand was powerless from the hurt, as this was done they de- parted. ly Mari kept up her till thie f says T, ‘my dear, you howled to pose this tim nearly crazy Sho quieted at_once, caleulating what it wa fortuy Sally Mari do was to. pu had to make ned soon und howls ood pur: . bat let upon it now for Pm nd then we began s best to do with our ‘the first thing for her to hase suitable paraphernalia and make her appearance in New York soci- ety. ‘Then, as soon the season was over, she would take a trip to Europe Says I, “if you'll listen to me IIL tell y At will be the most sensible way of doin, tvs she. . If T were in your place.” says 1, ** I'd go back to Gobbletown, buy Squire Hardknock’s farm and marry Sam Sloper. You'd be well settled then, for Sam_ has ‘ood farm joining the Hardkn plenty of me buy an ele out of bed quigker than as for the Hardknock’s place, T don't want it; 1st t knocks en without it, | nm Sloper T woulda’t marr last man in ereation,” You didn’t think so once “No, that’s true, recollect right, he onc at me, and went chasir Sykes: now he ean have her and welcom “ Te'll leave Peggy Sykes quick enongh if he thinks th any show for him with you, TH guarantee,” says I; but Sally Mari was not only up on her feet but * seat, and says if he was the yal says she; “but, if I inmed’ up hig no: up that BP minute there came a terrific rap on the door. I hustled the greenbac into the drawer, and Sally Mari sprang back into bed, and was taken With « severe pain in her broken arm which lassed till the vis- Just at tha ! itor departed. The Naked Drama. prudish 9 blushing was uot out of dai But now i Our T! And, wavin; Their lawnl Nature's simple garb appear, tiefs, we rise to cheer. mnene is en chemise ments dun emily at the ku erpsichore has none! A most transparent, slender fraud, A browd burle Tha Because its width very night becomes broad So be it" Be Ts then adorn skirts be our boast uty una’ the mo: Let envio And bare Here’ hat’s placed the world before with bare legs, the pa brains ye henceforth seorned, May cach centipe revermore The Metamorphosis of Green. Rochefort IN THREE CHANGES. CHANGE 1 Rocurront GkeeN was a young man of meek and moral habits, a regular attendant at church and Sunday-school, and pe d of undoubted and fervent piety. | he was one of the “ good young men often read ood whom the pastor d tho | ice-cream and. strawberries among the pe ple and Jead in the Hallelujah chorus festival time Though Rochefort was by long practice an adept at both these dutic old peo- le of the church looked upon him as a Pright and shining gospel light, he somehow | pular among the you } ple. The girls called him cofty | «Mr. 3 . and bled him for cream and ysters for all he was worth, while the young men took him to moral entertainments and dosed him with lemonade ) a mysterious compound in it, which always brought him up with a heavy thump against his door in the early morning. ‘The noise invariably roused the old folks around, who, on investi- | or through opened windows, observed loudly on the goodness of young Green in sitting up with the sick we souls, people of the community, and exhibiting so much of the true spirit. of christianity. Rochefort himself firmly believed on awaken- ing mornings that he been on some such errand of merey, but often wondered why he had such frightful he: nd such a bad taste in his mouth, on the morrow. The one great subject of Rochefort thoughts, by day and) by night, was the girls. Is, and ly pretty. girls, were his hobby; but it so unfortunately hap- pened that there was no girl of his acqnaint- ance who possessed a si hobby in refer- ence to the young men; or, if there were such, she was careful never to let Rochefort know . After years of costly experience, it began todawn on Rochefort that his success in the tournament of love were by no means ona par with those of most young men of his ac- quaintance; and after much cogitation he sought confidental advice from a wicked comicbooks.com