Life — June 21, 1883 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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300 All there was in the Pan-try. But Tommy said that be-ing good did not Pay, and so he Grinned in his sin- ful manner, and dis-ap-peared up the drain. He was not gone long, for his con-science a-gain Smote him, as it had done on the pre- vi-ous oc -cas- ion, and Tom- my came out with-out having stolen an-y- thing. Lit- tle chil- dren, it is a great bles - sing to be a-ble to with-stand temp- tation as Tom- my did. Al- ways come a-way, if you are in the same Cir-cum- stances, Well, lit-tle Tom-my fin-al-ly be-came a great Cat, and had ma-ny more Ex-pe-ri-en-ces which were of an ex-ci-ting na-ture. He tried to ed-it a sheet which he found in the back-yard, but his sub-scrib-ers said he was too much on the Fence. Fin-al-ly he stud-ied for the ros-trum and took les- HE WOULD Go, HIS CON-SCI-ENCE SMOTE HIM AND HE LEFT. sons of Pro-fes-sor John L. Sul-li-van of Boston. His ar-gu-ments were very Con-vin-cing, and So beau-ti-ful was his or-a-to-ry that num-bers of peo-ple used to stay a-wake all night to hear him, and would make him * LIFE: presents of shoes, boot-jacks and croc-ker-y fixings with-out number. Dear chil-dren, if you wish to be honored in this world, i-mi-tate Prof-ess-or Sul-li-van, as Tom-my did. Bos-ton is the on-ly ci-ty whose ap-pro-val is THE SUL-LI-VAN OF THE BACK YARD. worth any-thing. Rev-er-end Mr. But-ler. not put your des-tin-y in a bar'l. my, and may ru-in Mr. Til-den, If you do not be-lieve this, ask ~ But what-ev-er you do, do This ru-ined Tom- THE END. AT LAST HE HAS CLUMB FROM OUT THIS HEATHEN CLIME, SMALL Willie’s gone to heaven (Willie, Willie, Waly), Buried by Doctor B-v-n (Poor Billie). We bought a nice white coffin— 'Twas that that he went off in. Alas he was an orphan (William Jones). ae 14 iw comicbooks.com