Life — June 12, 1890 — page 16: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

She: YOU HAVE SPENT FIVE YEARS ABROAD! WHY YOU WILL FEEL ALMOST A STRANGER IN YOUR NATIVE CITY—WILL YOU NOT? He: ON THE CONTRARY, I WILL FEEL AT HOME THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME—YOU SEE, I HAVE SPENT THOSE FIVE YEARS IN GERMANY AND I RETURN TO MILWAUKEE, HE WAS FRIGHTENED. : H, no, let’s not go!" exclaimed the little boy, as his nurse proposed going on board a yacht, and \\, then the youngster burst into tears. . “Why, Willie, what in the world is the matter?” “1 just h-h-heard one m-m-man tell another to set the s-s-spanker.” NOT A_ SERIOUS OBJECTION. OU are welcome to these eggs, Uncle Ben, but I am afraid some of them are bad.” “Oh, dat don't make no differ’nce, boss, I ain't gwine to eat ‘em; dey’s fer settin’.” “cc Uneasy lies the head that wears grandfather's hat. comicbooks.com