Judge — January 1, 1927 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE Mrs. Newev—Now look what you're done book, lost my place and I haven't the vaguest idea what I was making! Judge’s Fairy Tales for Tired Clubmen (Continued from page 16) minister; you're prime, all right, all right!” The king met the minister at the front door and asked him how the goods looked. “It’s all wool and a yard wide!” says the minister, there- by coining a proverb. “Why, that there suit ought to last a long time after the last installment is paid!” The monarch thought this a good crack, but as we said before, he was slightly funny Up There. However, just to check up, he sent down an- other gent that worked around the court to take a slant at the goods. The two momzers pulled the same gag on him and it worked fine. He went back and told the king he wished he had the price of a suit like that one, but King Charlie made be- lieve he was deaf. So then the latter decided to go down the next week and get measured. Well, the boys made him feel good right off the reel with a couple of cheap cigars and the king was so pleased he was ready to shine their shoes if they let him, only their shoes was already shined. So they pulled their English accent on him and took him in the room to show him the Inocked off my cook- Oh, sare all your sorrow For Ferdinand Bepps, Who walked down the stairs Without using the steps ha anhalt, nls ne pays 5 f0F eoch one. cloth. The king couldn’t see any cloth but he was scared to say so because he thought they might give him the laugh, so he made believe he was crazy about the goods and they went through a lot of fake p: in the air as if they were measuring him. Then they took a deposit and told him the suit would be ready in a week. Do you think it will be a perfect ks the king. Tl say so!” says both guys meaningly, but the rack was lost on King Chas., which P'm believing by this time must have had the same Binet test as a child of seven. So he said he would call for it and shook by-by. A week later in blows Charlie with half the court to watch him get his new suit. The con men told him to shell off the ermines and he did. Then they made a couple of fancy stabs in the air as if they were dress- ing him and asked the king how he liked the ensemble. The king made believe he was pleased and of course all the help from the palace was there with the flattering remarks to avoid getting in hot water with their boss. Then the boys borrowed a blank check from the emperor and they filled it in and handed him a fountain pen. He did the rest and they bowed him out. Then they stood looking after him as he went down the street in his B. V. D.’s. “Well, J “There gc munk’s prayer! “Don’t stand there gabbing!” says the other, ‘*Pack up while I get this | Gime TUBES ARWaereR “Ves, there are about 14,536,482 men who wish this were a fact and not a fancy.” comicbooks.com