Judge — January 5, 1889 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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Nor woud they leave him tilt his tin They filled with silver coins ; They "did so love his hermit ga ‘And the rope about his loins!" He stayed and prayed for years and years In odorous sanctity, While his prayers and cares, his fears and tears, T wasa gentle hermit, And he longed to hide away They blessed most generously. From all the foities of the world, Then on the hill appeared a host Fe, aeek tle el oot Beet ‘Of workingmen one day, So ovt to a stony pasture AA palace tall rose up and soon Far up ona hill he went, Drove the poor man away. ‘And found a cave in a rocky ledge, _ ees + ‘With a little rill anent. ‘And soon a gorgeous carriage swept The village street along ; And all to stare or Lugh or swear Stopped revel, dance and song. And there, on roots and berries, He lived as a hermit should ‘And wept and prayed and fasted, And tried very hard to be good. For in the carriage sat the man 3 So long a hermit mild, Now; sear hie was s:rilage ‘And bowing fe(t and right he rade, All fall of big hotels, ‘And meaningly he smiled, ‘With dance and rout and revel e (OF dudes and swells and belles RH sore, i 10 be the “ fad” there in he spent his days, Avtne nermit for to eee: And over his cave he placed the sgn, So fashionable folk came up To Be A Hermit Pays, To view his misery. LAST OF THE HOLIDAY HINTS. Don't begin the year by making good resolutions. You will surely end it by breaking them. Temper generosity with discretion—and don’t put too much sage in the dressing for the goose. Don't make a gorgeous gift with the hope of get ting one equally as handsome—for you won't. Remember that when the holiday season is in its prime husband and wife are two—as regards gifts, Remember it is of holiday charity to give aw: what you do not want yourself—though it-ce economy. ly is Take whatever is given you with apppreciation for the motive, regardless of the value of the gift—unless it is very small. When you distribute the debris of the new: feast to the deserving poor, see that some meat on the bones. They will taste better. rear’s s left THE NEW-YEAR RIDDLE. ™ What a lot of things there are left over!" Said the frugal housewife with a sigh. But her smile returned in another moment, AT KILLEGAN'S WAKE, As she made them into a big mince pie. Lattur. McHarty—"' Show me th’ mon thot blacked me eye, an’ he dies!” + Oi'm thot sem fell Is it you, Driscoll? F yez ‘Il show me th’ way yez did it, yez Vanked. Oi hev a shmall grudge agin Casey in th’ cor-rner beyant !” HIS OPINION OF HIMSELF. HE was small, slender and pale. He had a lisp, and thin hair, a faint moustache, weak eyes, and an eye-glass that seemed to make him nervous and required his constant care; and she was wondering why they had sent her in to dinner with him, But she was very gracious, as kind and charming women are apt to be to men they compassionate, and she felt that she must really make an effort to set him at ease, and give him that confidence in himself which he naturally appeared to lack. ‘This laudable design, however, was quite unneces: s it proved. ‘The conversation turned on the profession’of law. “I never feel,” she said, in a gently encouraging tone and looking at him with earnest, reassuring eyes, “that nature intended women to enter law, Its demands are really in excess of their capaci 7 “Yes; now, really they are.” he responded, rescuing his eye-glass from a downward plunge toward his soup and fitting it with some dif- ficulty into ye.“ Really it does. Why—er—very few men po: the—the requirements. To be a good lawyer a man must have, ah—self- possession, a polished manner—er-—dignified bearing, a fine voice and— er—well, physical strength, and a certain power of personal fascination— good looks, of course, He must be eloquent—-er—witty, quick to observe, cool, sarcastic, level-headed, er—I've often thought,” he added reflectively, A CH |ANGED| TUNE. capturing his eye-glass which had again escaped him and was climbing GAN (reading) —""D’ yer know phat they doin Jopanin phlace avshavin'?" Ve" his shoulder, "that if 'd given my mind to it! would have made a ANNIGAN (from inside }—"* Oi do not. Kim t’ bed !" splendid lawyer. = Th dishgraceful haythin bur-rns th’ hair aff thim t’ sev th’ ——— ho-ho 0! Wo-h-oow—w-r-r. The girl who liked to kiss the most never got near the mistletoe. s comicbooks.com