Judge — May 16, 1903 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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WHAT THE BABY THOUGHT. ED of face and long of breath, the infant lay upon the couch. Over it bent the mother, who had been given every advantage in musical training. In fact, until she spoiled her future by mar- rying well, she had cherished vague dreams of enthralling thousands by the magic of her voice, The baby howled for some reason or other. May- be it howled for no reason atall. They usually do. “Bless its little heart !” whispered the mother, “I J will sing it to sleep.” She lifted up her voice in Sleybach’s ar- rangement of Chogner's fifth lullaby. « Sle-e-e-p, sle-c-ep, my little one, My little one, my little one! . se Absbeh! Abeaheabsaaeacch! Trererot.retrill 1! THE USEFUL BEAVER'S TAIL. Slee-ce-eep! Slee-ce-cep Tne earser—" Gosh ring It! this is the best razor-strep I've struck in a long time.” Wonderingly the infant blinked at her. En- couraged by its show of interest, she bent over it again. The child squalled louder than ever, She resumed singing. “« Now the night—now-w.w the n-i-i-i-ight has come. Sle-e-e-e-cnc-e-ep! Sle-c-e-c-0-e-ep! A-heh-heh-heh-heh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah | Closeyourcyesingentleslumber-r. art! A-h-h-h-h-h-h-ah-ah-ah-AH-AH-AH-H-H !" But now the infant was redoubling its shrieks. Convinced that something terrible was ailing it, the distracted mother rushed from the room to seek aid. The infant ceased its weeping, looked about for her, but did not discover her. Gee!" it murmured to itself. “She must have had a pin sticking her pretty bad.” When the mother, accompanied by the papa and the maternal grandmother and the nurse, hurried to the room they found the child peace- fully slumbering. A SUGGESTION. WHAT HE SAW. English tourist—« Waitah—aw—bwing me I suppose you seen lots 0° fine kerriges down to New York?" a Welsh wabbit—aw !' ee ce hee me ve zr ae Waiter—* Sorry, sah. Welsh rabbit all done Hanx—" Yessum—horseless.” gone, sah. Try a Belgian hare, sah 2” THE NEW CEREMONY. 46]F ANY person,” says the judge solemnly, « knows of any reason why this couple should not be divorced let him now speak or forever after hold his peace.” The plaintiff and defend- ant gaze nervously about the court-room. “T object to this ceremony going any further !" cries a per- son in a rear seat, who springs to his feet. “ Why ?" asks the judge. “The woman has no his- trionic ability whatever.” Sternly the judge orders the bailiff to escort the baffled pair to the door, ALMOST BANKRUPTCY. 66QO HER marriage was a failure?” “Yes, indeed. The court allowed liberal alimony, but she has not been able to col- Locos apart eke nan First poaroer—" Why don't you move?”” tect a cent of it. Seconp soarver (dreamily)—* Can't. 1 owe the landlady ten dollars.”* comicbooks.com