Life — December 29, 1892 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: A CHRISTMAS EVE EN ROUTE. his wife. But Aunt Mary's elderly maiden heart was bound up in the noble work of promoting temperance among the natives of Central Africa, and the approaching convention was an event in her eyes greater than anything she had ever anticipated, Algernon Otis knew his sister Mary. He knew that she rarely made up her mind, but that once she did, it was backed up by that desperate obstinacy which is so often at the bottom of timid natures, Therefore when he saw the look of determination that came through her gold-rimmed spec- tacles, he knew that opposition would be hopeless, as well as he also knew that it would be unwise to let his unsophisti- cated sister journey to and about New York alone. Mrs. Algernon Otis was something of an invalid, and for her to take the trip was entirely out of the question. Mr. Otis knew that the Christmas trade in his store would require \ HEN Aunt Mary Otis announced her intention of every moment of his own time. ‘The only thing left was going to the national convention of the Women’s Dolly should be her maiden aunt's protector. African Temperance Association the rest of the family was Miss Dolly Otis was a young and unquestionably pretty very much surprised, Aunt Mary’s life had gone on insuch — spinster, who felt that all her short life she had been too uneven tenor of quiet devotion to her religious and charit- much protected. Therefore the thought of protecting some able occupations that to think of her going out of the peace- one else, espe as it involved spending some days before fulness of her home and into the bustle of a great city Christmas in New York, was far from unpleasant to her. seemed almost beyond the imagination of her brother and ‘The New England delegates were to have pecial train A HEAVY FORFEIT. Tom: Hey, JIMMY, GOT ANY MONEY WiD YoU? I'M NOT ONLY DEAD BROKE BUT I'M IN A HOLE AS WELL. Jim: Wuy, WoT's DE MATTER ? Tom: Vit TELL YER, YER SEE DE CROWD O' GALS I's GOT WID ME? WELL, DEY ALL KISSED ME WHILE 1 WUZ ASLEEP Las’ NIGHT AN’ EV'RY ONE O' DEM WANTS A PAIR O' GLOVES FUR CHRIS'MAS ! comicbooks.com