Judge — May 28, 1898 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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A FABLE. HE gods were once disputing whether it was not possible for the naturt of a cat to be changed. The god Pocus said yes, while the god Hocus said nay. So the god Hocus, to try the question, turned a cat into a beautiful maiden and gave her in marriage to a young man, and the happy couple sat down to an elaborate wedding menu, “See,” said Hocus triumphantly; ‘see how her cat-nature has disappeared. Her nature has surely changed.” “Wait,” cried Pocus, ‘and let us loose a mouse-in the room; you will see how the predominant nature of the feline will assert itself.” And no sooner had the mouse ra appeared in the room than the woman seemed to undergo a ter- 9 tific struggle; her feline instinct, though latent, seemed to power- FEAR OF CONTAGION. fully possess her to leap at the mouse, but her feminine instinct, Sie Garr! Dest aeal ae PERE TE DOR T more powerful, at last gained the ascendency, and the young Pixcuier Porter—" Sure! De paintings in dese big houses sell for all sorts wife, with a wild scream, clutched her skirts up hastily, wildly Uv money. in Fl -: mounted the table and fainted plump into the Moustsiogae dak Soitan Sammy — “Yes: bat dat's'a wash-drawing. of ‘floating island that the festive board groaned under. “Ah,” said the disgruntled god Hocus, “you have triumphed but temporarily, OUT OF THE QUESTION. for I argue this young wife will ever lead the man a cat-and-dog life after [)OROTHY heard her mother ask papa to get his lite girl a pair of un- the honeymoon is over.” But Pocus, seeing that he was about to lose dressed kids. When they were alone Dorothy remarked in a positive in this new stand manner, “ Mamma, taken (from the I never can think fact that he could of wearing gloves look into the fut- c ‘ Ma M. Z LIZ that haven't any ure), had silently ‘ih ; 5 i ee clothes on.” disappeared on the ! / PEL o wings of the wind. | { r 2 HIS ST Moral—Inher- PANN A ob : 5s pues an ¥ Z Farmer Dunk ent characteristics tinh Zr 1 <' is ae ; ey ome CST : ; . : —“What do’ ye always crop out in a . “ ; : F ( Don Fe wna think of Neighbor Jue season. ‘ Tuten wenene Pettibunker ?” wimeook: ettibunker ‘ Farmer Horn- “Os bi ? beak —“ Wa-al, he MIGHT BLOW Y : my ON hides his light un- AWAY BY aj der a bushel when c = i A in my opinion a tea- T WAS the first 2B ps x ae cup would be plenty time Beth had big enough.” seen the hens on their roost. “ My!” REASONABLE exclaimed the little { Diy ; y PRESUMP- city girl, “I should VU ¢ mi 5 oe TION. think some one was \ pretty careless to ; ‘ Benny Bloo- forget to put the 1! ‘Bt . Linas bumper, “hair is clothes-pins on.” al i * c f sometimes called HANG ‘IM Om THESE wooK! ) 6* DAPA,” said : . Sue Gy, locks, isn’t it ?” ! Ui Se | | y “Yes, Benny, it NO TNETBE yeldosad = g << _ is quite common to LEAST. S : . ! refer to locks of Beth (to her : a i i hair.” : Boston cousin, who a (ar = : ry X “Then are wig- picked up a pin me SS i LET ) dc makers lock- with its head tow- : $ 5 i it smiths ? ard her) —“ Now, Maud, you'll have ‘ : ‘ 2 E vOAUTION” good luck, see if . er : you don't.” 66 JNCLE Sam Maud (care- = Pat is buying a lessly) — “Oh, I <= SS ws 2 good many guns.” think not—I'm not : “Yes, he is While other papers are sending their correspondents to the seat of war a JUDGE artist takes a trip to the in- Dee feral regions. He finds that they are working night and day, enlarging the region in order to accommodate taking time by the tious. the anticipated rush of summer boarders from Spain. firelock.”” the least surrepti- comicbooks.com