Life — December 28, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE FRENCHMAN'S VERSION. Le Monsleur Adam vake from hees nap une fine day, In ze beautiful gardaine and sce Une belle demotselle fast asleep, and he say, * Votla, lu chance ! here ees someting zat may Be mooch Interesting to me.” Ven he open hees ese to admire ze view, Viz her fan madame covatre her fac Zen monsieur to adame say, " Bon Jour; voulez vous, Go for une promenade?” And zey valk out, ze two, In zat very mooct beautiful pla Vhere Monsteur le Zey cou 12 Ob, Monsteur le Ronté for to pee © Certalnmen rpent he sit in ze tree, madame she ery — pent, voulez vous not have ze some fine appte for m ** ze Serpent reply. ces zis? Don't you knuw Itees wrong to eat from ze tree vich you seek Bat ze snake in ze branches ees pretty umd sleek, And he sinile on ze mada: e below, “Oh, Monsieur Adam f vat you say ts not true, For do you not kuow," say ze shake, ere ees hotting Vatevalre prohitited to Ze Indies? Madaine, let me offatre to you * Hold, hold, mon aml!” zen Monsteur Adam speak, Vat madn I | } | And ze madame she take. Her apron viz apples and say, Monsteur Adam, eat of zis fruit, zin you vill He vise Ike un god ; know ze good an ze tll ; ings of ze night and ze day. T SeIGSORS AMT NLL “ But as for ze lady she nevaire could be —" Here ze snake make hees grandest salaam — More lak une vise, beautiful goddess," say he (And smiling and bowing his sweetest), “zan she Fes now !? And zat fineesh madame.— Tuten Tupics. “Dip the Rev. Mr. Choker give you a good sermon this morning, Mrs. Jones?” © Perfectly grand ; It ought to Le dramatize —CAteago Record. A PARMER drifted Into @ hardware store at Mulball and was asked by the manager : “Don't you want to buy a bicycle to ride around your farm on? They're cheap now. 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