Judge — June 21, 1902 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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LOVE SONNET OF A DRUG CLERK. | "Viper!" hissed the an; woman.| ‘Dey tells me,” said Br'er Williams, | She came in yesterday to get a glass | “Scoundrel! Wretch! Blackguard!| getting off the train after a protracted| niece, “that you have expended much Of ice-cream soda, and’ she sat right | Puppy! Villain! absence from home, “dat de harrican|time and thought on your graduation there | _ Smiling sweetly the man rolled a cigar-|come ‘long en tuk Br'er Thomas’ house | cffort, and that it will be something to be In that now sacred old canc-bottomed | ind began lighting it. off de face er de airth. proud of.” chair! : r!"" she resumed, her eyes flash-| “Hit sho’ did!” “Oh, yes, uncle,” answered the fair {took good care to give her little gas, |ing vivid fire.“ Robber-r-r “Well, I well knowed de Lawd would | young thing. “It has the new dip front But heaped the cream up in a luscious|_ “Go on," suggested the man, puffing | sen’ somepin’ lak dat on ‘im. Hit's done | efferc, and the skirt has a delicious flare, mass, zily at his cigarette. “Go on. Thai) fer a wise purpose.” ard the trimmings are something gor- And put in extra syrup for her, tou—__|reminds me of the days when I used to| _ But—de harrican tuk yo" house, too, | zeous Yet, turning round to me ere she was|be_a baseball umpire. Br'er Williains. Tut, tut, child; I mean your essay."" through, Here the woman sank helplessly into| | Then did Br'er Williams take off his) “My essay? Why, uncle, when the She said the stuff we served was poor,alas!|@ chair, realizing to the full the utter|brass-rimmed spectacles and mop his audience see: « bility of ‘calling “him anything | perspiring brow, as he groaned, ido not know her name; I only know | that would ‘make him wince. — Baltimore |" That on her soft, smooth cheeks I saw | American, the glow is ais ed begat hehe Which youth and health alone can} CHEER UP. we ae ut oi ‘iced POR cut aia tessa ene the field give: I saw oy, Ii" si es, this is the piace!” exclaimed | 44:4" sine felt no GrinbevOb/ blaine the splendid contour of her form, ana] Magey ft honey the old soldier with “ae wooden leg, re-| Mig conscienee felt no twinge of blame, : So innocent was he. oh, Ppt dab = ing the battle-acld of Gettysburg I would that I had been the lucky With euirer 0, termarrer : inbow i ; after a lapse of thirty-five y ‘ scnilared : snow ie ce te, looking about him. “"I'shall never forget | But news of what they charge for meat To'rds it up on teh this [suppose ii gs And then the stricken creature blushed Rain draps sho'ly glisten serving his emotion, "this is the And hid bis head 1 soem Siar Back ba ght reply. where you lost your leg while fighting Be ee Drives away care, lends buoyancy to the Haney: pied teks for your Gaid the old soldicr. “I tost| “What makes the price of beef so spirits and strength to the body — Abbott's Shine aotee ior fun ceorer my leg in a sawmill in Kansas on the 11th | high?" Angostura Bitters. sae Onettalien of May, 1877. This is the place where) “Critters can't get anything to c _ re, I got scared’ and run like the devil.”— | pa are all cut up into golf links, have been with that firm along] Honey, li'l honey, Chicago Tribune. ston Commercial Bulletin said the old school friend Ef yo" try en try “Yes,” answered the man with the Pér terete in eevee patient expression of countenance Dean vor seas ony 1824 A.D. What's your position? Des watch de sun a fightin’ “I'm an” employe. Up a summer sk “But what is your official title?” Baltimore News. “IT haven't any official title. It's like this: When the proprietor wants Ae iy . nething done he tells the cashier, and|, 4/75, Slangay—"Surely, "John. you | ¢ cashier tells the book-keeper, and the |Haven’t brought anyone” home to din-} book-keeper tells the assista =| BEES . y nd. the assistant book-keeper tells the ye SeneD pe pore loaves: Haven't ie} Clerk and the chief clerk tells me | ¥°q;7¢* Slangay—" Of course not. You Well, T haven't anybody to tell, so 1 [told me_ you'd bring home a couple of | have to go ans it.”—IWashington Star, | lobsters for dinner.” . pave t0 Go and doit.”—IVashington Star. OO ee ven, that's them in the parlor.""—Philadelphia Press. “T suppose," said Uncle Jerry to his that dress of mine they __,{Won't pay any attention to what I have je ways er Providence is past fiadin say!"—Baltimore American. out!"—Atlanta Constitution, straw Through which she sucked the sweets up from below —Chicago Kecord-Herald. 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