Judge — July 15, 1899 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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WHEN FIRST | SPOKE TO POLLY. j THE place I first saw Polly Was in a circus-ring ; ‘The gayest part of all the show Was her acrobatic swinj T'd seen her on the poster-bills; That's why T wandered in, Forgetting, ‘mid the crush and glare, ‘That T hadn't any tin, As she swung in the high trapeze With india-rubber ease, Without any ticket I slipped through the wicket, While other chaps paid their fees. As she swung in the high trapeze She seemed every heart to seize : For her glance and her poise They just took with the boys As she swung in the high trapeze. When first I spoke to Polly And told her of my love ‘The animals were all around, The circus-tent above. ‘The baboon nudged the kangaroo, Who answered with a wink ; The porcupine got quite stuck up, And the elephant called for drink. She has swung from the high trapeze, And smiles where she used to tease. Now the cradle she swings And a lullaby sings Just one little tot to please, She has swung from the high trapeze ‘To jingle my household keys: And the glance and the poise aTAN ws That so took with the boys PAP SANTIACO In our cottage are "* quite the cheese.” : a acres, JUDGE'S WORLD'S FA/R. No, Xxvi— seSortTa SANTIAGO. THE VERY PLACE. {isi Cuba? is Chile? sviet's forget the cruel war, é Never mind, since both are Dago, ile we whang a sentimental Se THERE'S no use goin’ to that ‘Rad since neither one 1s chilly. Duty on yout gay gure. house.” said the young burg- lar to the old one,“ The people have just put in a burglar-alarm.” “That's the very reason we ought to go,” replied the other. “It shows they've got somethin’ worth goin’ for.” CASUAL WARD, Wf HL, HE FORGOT. * Do you recollect that old story of Stockton’s about the lady or the tiger?" Jest tell ‘em I'm laid up here at the hosspittle, owin’ tew havin’ a bile on my neck.” e partly. Which of ‘em was RK (surprised —"A bile?” ¥ Ais it that done him up?’ Mr. Hevaune —* Ya.as; tell ‘em one o' them air newefangled automobiles wuz on it. comicbooks.com