Life — April 14, 1892 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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

‘LIFE - TO MY TWO DOLLAR WATCH. BEeEsts contempt. Despised. Reviled. The butt of many a joke. I cannot say I love thee, And yet In your humble way You tell The time of day (That is, as nearly as you guess it). Thou lookest worn This morn, And I have worn thee. It’s pretty tough, I must acknowledge, To have to drag thee forth When a pretty girl Asks me the time And smile and tell her That I borrowed thee from my lackey Miss A.: DON'T YOU FEEL A Because my own had been sent HEAVY DRAUGHT ? to the Mr. Z. (absently): No; tuer Jeweler’s EEOC TOSEROTES: To have some of the diamonds = = reset. TO BE ENVIED. But thou hast been my faithful “*CTCHE firs thing the chil- friend, SEASONABLE ADVICE. dren did,” she said, — Voices from below: KEEP Cool.! “was to go on their hands and knees on = the new parlor carpet.” “Yes,” replied her husband, “1 envy them. There they are playing on velvet from their very infancy.” And I forgive thee freely This little fault. But I do wish That I could pawn thee. Tom Hall. comicbooks.com