Life — April 25, 1901 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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YANKEE, inclined to be slow, meant To conquer that fault, and at Rome ent- And purchased the spur of the moment. In Paris. ae OW do you know she is an H American?" “T heard her talking French.” 1] WONDER why they named the new cup defender Constitution?” “ Probably as a reminder that to the victor belongs the spoils.”” 353 The New Psychology. ered hippity hop A curio shop, R.G.W. Inverted Fables. Ix THe Lanp oF tHe Ovont-to-Be. * NY OW,” said the Big Buck Deer to his eldest born, ‘I will show you a sight that you never saw before, and I am so proud of that I feel like walking around on my hind legs all the rest of my life.”” “Why !” said the fawn, “it is a man,as I live !"" ** Yes,” said the fawn’s proud parent, dragging out the carcass from behind a tree, ‘‘and now, likea little good deer, run and get me my sharpest knife, while I skin him and prepare his head as a dining-room or- nament. And shall I tell you how your papa did such a brave deed? Then listen, my son. This morn- ing, in company with my faithful bloodhounds, I tracked the man through the forest, drove him into the lake, having first ascer- tained that he was un- armed, and then, as he was swimming about almost exhausted, I put forth in my canoe and shot him at leisure in a nice vital spot where it wouldn’t show." MORAL. “But, papa,” said the fawn, ‘‘the man had no chance at all against your skill and science. I don’t see anything brave or to be proud of.” “But you will,” said the Big Buck Deer, “ when you get to be as big as I am.” TH E love-letter of an Englishman— ol comicbooks.com