Judge — July 23, 1927 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE prisoners look like a parcel of grammar school boys, and, in short, I was altogether too smart for you. Then you got sore be- cause I used to make up a little book now and then on the races at Belmont Park. Besides that you were jealous of the few pen- nies I used to pick up selling a quart of gin now and then to the brothers. It sort of grieved you to think that you’d never bumped onto the idea first; I’m wise to you, my bully boys! So you had the watchman snoop around and break in on what you thought was a big crap game. But the laugh is on you after all. We were only playing par- cheesi, and just because somebody mislayed the parcheesi board and I happened to drop some money on the floor at the time, you pulled an Arsene Lupin and diagnosed it as a real session. As if I'd waste my time on a paltry two or three bucks! Why didn’t you come around when we used to Frienp (startled)—How’s that? have a REAL game with REAL “Because they aren’t triplets.” jack on the floor? God knows I would have been glad to take you over the high hurdles! Fatuer—I get a good deal of consolation out of my twins. The Complete Speechmaker A Manual of Elegant and Appro- priate Replies for Every Occasion By S. J. Pererman President Crusinberry, Vokes, Members of th I can’t begin to describe to you my relief at being drummed out of this regiment. I h. spent the better part of three in this internment camp, and when I think back over it I feel giddy. Believe me, I wanted to fold up my tents a long time ago and give this barracks the berry, but I forced myself to stay here just as self-discipline. But now that you have so neatly railroaded me, bs I want to express my sincere oe > thanks to you all. When I use the term rail- roaded, I mean just that. You have been looking around a long while for some cheap stall to frame me on; some of the marks I got here made the rest of the The Taxi-Driver’s Child. comicbooks.com