Judge — November 8, 1890 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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14 IT FAILED TO WORK FOR ONCE. “The natives of South Africa capture monkeys by boring holes in cocoanuts just large enough for the insertion of a paw. The nut is then filled with sugar, and the monkey after reaching in and grasping a handful is too greedy to let it go and is consequently captured."—From “* Travels in Africa. THE PARTING HOUR, WITHA NEW ENDING. Paar (Am idyl of the porch.) a “YES, love, I zw#l? be brave; but it is so-o hard.” a> “I know, dearest ; but it must be; fate decrees it.” : o> In an emphatic splutter—‘ I ha-ate fa-ate.” ] a NS, “There, there! but my girlie doesn’t hate her boy ?” h, no, no, no, no, no, no! How can you ever say it?" (Prolonged silence ; two shadows blend as one.) “ Well, the sad words must be said: goo "—— “Oh. no; don't say them; they are foo cruel.’ “ What shall I say, sweet ?” “ Say—say—oh, I can't bear it!” “There; let us both be brave. Time may separate us, but, dear, eternity will unite us forever.” “Oh, how good and grand you are!” (With an endeavor at a lighter mood)—* There, you've said the first half; now I'll say the other—bye.” “Tt doesn't sound so hard that way, does it? I'll be brave and say it too—bye.” “That's a good—bye—girl “Oh, you cute old darling.” (Silence and shadows as before.) “B—Bye.” (Both together) And is it their last sad parting? Ab, what relentless fate could separate two such loving, young, brave hearts ? No, sympathetic reader; it is not their last; it is their first and only, so far, since their engagement six hours previous at nine p.m. And “relentless fate” is the neces sity her “cute old darling” feels of getting home in time to change his dress-suit, take a nap, and get down to. the office at seven-thirty to earn the daily fraction of his nine dollars and seventy-five cents per week. A WISH. WIHILERE the spring from its green bed bubbled up (Cool was the draught as a bumper of wine!) And you knelt to drink, with your hand the cup, From the water your eyes looked into mine. So now oftentimes when your head is bent ‘There rises a wish for that spring so clear; For a single glance would my heart content Could I read the look in your eyes, my dear. PLAVRL SCOTT Mines, VERY TRUE. Does it pay a man to be an inventor?” Banks —“Oh, yes; but the man it pays is not the inventor. MORE SOUND THAN SENSE. 6 PA.” said Bobby, “ what's a gasometer ?” Something by which gas is measured.” “Well, pa, is a chronometer something they measure crows with?” A NATURAL IDEA. Totling —* Germany is a great cattle-raising country. isn’t it?” Dimling —" What made you ask that ?” Totling —*\ have heard it called the fodder-land.” JANGLED AND OUT OF TUNE. LIFE ia a flat I-do not love, Though why I cannot say ; Although it seems the man above Is chopping wood all day. PROBABLY AN EXCEPTION. Freddy Fangle—* Papa, are all men single before re married ?” comicbooks.com