Life — September 15, 1892 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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“LIFE: fimble little insect. nd, exclaiming > “iWWhat are youthinking of, man?) For “Don't kill ant the varmint to finish me completely ? “No,” replied fe pethaps to a flea, and how do I know bu “THERE!” exclaimed Grimsby, ‘there's that pesky flea now that's been biting ” And wetting his finger, in another instant he would have captured and killed the But ere Grimsby could accomplish his murderous purpose, Fogg seized him by the 7 heaven's sake don’t kill him, don’t kill him!” jim 2” echoed Grimsby, interrogatively, ** and why not, pray? Doyou Fogg, ‘' I know it isn’t pleasant to be bitten by a flea, but I owe m: t this is the very flea that was my preserver 2 ne Well, at any rate, that flea has preserved his own life.” said Grimsby, “for the ‘resent, at all events. So let's hear how your li “ft was one day this very summer,” said Fog juatry, when suddenly it came on to rain. [pon a bara with the door wide open, perha pr the barn and reached it just as the rain came down in torrents. bara floor and was just about to enter, when a great d ed tongue rushed toward me with an awful growl, ice. In another instant his cruel teeth wou! his slobber on my neck. But in the nick ak, 1 saw the whole thing as by inspirati business in hand. was saved." “1 was taking a tramp out in the Looking about for a shelter, my eyes fell ps half a mile away. 1 started on the run 1 had one foot on , with glaring eyeballs and T could feel his hot breath in my have been in my throat. I could actually of time he turned wrathfully to bite his own ion, A flea had distracted his attention from “«T always was quick at resources, When the dog went for the flea, I stepped back, shut the door with a crash, and I was saved | I was saved by that flea, and, as I said before, the flea which you would have slain may be the identical insect to whom I owe everything.” Grimsby said nothing for the space of two minutes, Then he looked at Fogg in an admiring manner and delivered himself as follows : “Yes, Fogg, it would have been too bad for the world to lose such a beautiful liar \ as you are."—Boston Transcript. First LitTLe CHAP: Sacksey Swipes, he's th’ right sort of a boy. heart in ‘im. Secoxd LiTTLe Cap: Wot did he do? * Ye know his brudder got killed by a explosion last Fourt’,” “¥en. Too much powder in der lead pipe.” “ Well, that little brudder had four packs 0” fire-crackers wot he didn't have time to shoot off, and Sacksey never touched 'em.” He's got a ““Nary one. 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