Judge — November 20, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE The Fair One With Golden Locks ‘CE there was a king’s daughter named Tessie which had per- fect blonde hair so she spent most of her time writing testimonials for a company which made peroxide. Now in the next country there was a young king and he thought they was only one thing to make him happy and that was a wife. He could have broken a leg or had smallpox for nothing, but instead he wanted a wife. So he sent his butler over to Tessie with a five pound box of nut centers and nou- gats and asked would she marry him. But the butler came back and said Tessie didn’t want to start doing no man’s laundry as yet, so it was no use. Now in this king’s country there was a young sheik with that school- boy complexion and the kind of hair women like to tangle. This gent was named Moe and he was con- sidered to be hot stuff. So when he heard that the king’s butler had pulled a flop, he went around sayi that the king should have sent him and he could have brought back the bacon, or rather, the princess. The king was sore when he heard this, so he tossed Moe in the cooler be- cause he said it was unhealthy to have an opinion about yourself like Sex “Sist! Warden, will ye put a extra lock on my door? Moe returns carp to the river. Moe had. But one day he changed his mind and sent for Moe. On his way to the palace, Moe thought it would be a good idea to put the king in a good humor, so he stopped at a bookstore. and bought a copy of a book called the Decameron, which was written by an Italian newspaper man and had all sorts of funny stories in it. When he got to the king’s room, he handed the book to the king and said, “Try this on your phonograph!” They all got a good laugh out of this, including Moe, I think there's a crook in this place.” which was never known exactly to despise himself. Then the king said, “Moe, here is a free pass on the B. & O., and go tell Princess Tessie that a queen’ job is open and will she take i With that Moe had grabbed a air of socks and a toothbrush and flung them in a bag and away he went. Well, children, some funny things happened to him right then. First he passed a river and there on the bank a carp which had fell out of the water and somehow couldn't seem to get into the swim again. So Moe told the fish that they was no use in carping and threw him back in the river. The latter said that he would give Moe a hand if he ever needed it. Then, a little later, he saw a crow being chased by an eagle, so he shot the gle because you never know when an Old Crow will come in handy. The flustered fowl thanked him and told Moe to call on him when he wanted a good turn did. Right after this he found a boiled owl caught in a hunter's net, so he let him go too. The owl, with tears in its one good eye,, promised he would pay Moe back if he ever got the chance. When he finally got to the prin- cess and told her what the king had (Continued on page 26) comicbooks.com