Judge, 1928-02-11 · page 20 of 36
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d re-nigger in the wood-pile. Famous Greeks Dukealion and Pyorrhea on olympus each god had a © of brass built by the vul- n construction company and polished by a chap named cyclops and every y the had a bout in junipers banquet hall and they cheese wafers - ambrosia and drank three star ne led across the border > bar maid was a pip named hebe jebee the god- dess of misspent youth and while the gods were getting lit apollo the god of movie theaters and chocolates and the nine muse girls put on a song and dance act and the gods tossed coins and clapped and then after the party theyd stagger down the moun- tain and blow into town and minerva the goddess of automo- biles showed the women how to talk while they were driving and the god of corn flakes and al showed the farmers how to run their lawnmowers and vulean taught them how to light a match in the wind and juniper got sore for no reason at all and decided to flood the place and a stool pigeon named ed prome- theus tipped the boys off to the flood racket and t gave him the ha ha and pyorrhea and ion believed ed and got into a row boat and sure enough the rain began it was sunday and it rained all week end and they rowed around and fished and everything and finally the water ed off and they heard a from some rocks and pyor- aid an oracle and duke said ner speaker and the voice said unaccustomed as I am to public speaking and duke and his wife threw stones at the speaker and every stone that duke threw turned into a mister somebody and every one that pyorrhea threw turned into a miss and it was a lot of fun if a girl was lonely duke would just throw a brick at her and if a lad wanted a girl friend pyorrhea would toss him a rock and finally they had enough greeks to start a chain of restaurants and shine shoes and now children if you want uncle jack to tell you about cadmus and the dragons teeth tomorrow night you want to give uncle jack a fair break and scamper off to beddie bed —Jack Crvert Foreman—Great snakes; he’s gone asleep on the job again, and Sullivan didn’t notice him! _ | comicbooks.com