Life, 1898-12-03 · page 24 of 40
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464 = ; * HE Lion ramps around the cage, The Lady smiles to see him rage. The little Mouse outside the bars Looks on and laughs. “Well, bless my stars!” Quoth he, “to think they call that thing The King of Beasts! It he's 8 King, Who cannot make the Lady wince, What mast / be? When, not long since, Lése Majeste. Inside the cage I chanced to slip, You should have seen that Lady skip Upon the Lion's back. ‘Help! Murder! A Mouse!" she screamed; you should have heard her! And then with brooms the keepers came And drove me out (but, all the same, I got the crumb that I was after). A King, indeed! Excuse my laughter t” Oliver Herford. comicbooks.com