Judge — July 16, 1910 — page 16: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

JUDGE THE YARNS OF CAPTAIN FIBB. COME On THE WATER'S) FINS “The plain facts of the case is these: I wuz a-settin’ on a rock, lookin —— And when she beckons me to come in, what wuz out to sea, when all of a suddent I sees a beautiful girl ridin’ around in the poo: ; tm I wuz swimmin’ to- water on horseback.—— . she grabs me by the wrist a ks und Blow me! Then it breaks on me observation that she’s a mermaid ridin’ on a sea-horse, and that she wuz abductin a nice, cool drink of sea-cow's milk I commences to me! feel st home.—— — But jist then the dog-fish breaks loose and digs arter me! At Well, I got to th and scrambled on the rock jist in same time the sea-goat bumps me one behind, and I begins tor to be saved from bein’ chawed to pieces. I lost me beautiful lady, but wuz no place fer me.— I saved me hide!