Life — April 2, 1903 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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rad by this Time to answer that Question your- self. But since you Inquire, I will Show you how Easily a Mind like Mine can Reach Conclusions. Ob- serve these Footprints. They are Made by a Man who is lamed by Gout; who is rich, and who is married to his Third Wife, a Beautiful woman of Slight Force of Character.”’ “How can you Possibly know all that?” exclaimed his Friend. “It is so Easy,’ said the Fox, wearily, as he Lighted his Pipe. ‘ You can see the Man is Lame, because the Footprints are Un- even, Also, _ beside them are the footprints of a servant who assist- ed the man to Walk. This proves him a Rich man, and his wealth proves his Gout. He must be married to a Third Wife, for a First would have had all the servants Herself, and a Second would have been Tagging after the Man. His wife must be Beautiful or he would not have m ried her. She has slight Force of Charac- ter, or she Too would have monopolized all the Servants’ Services, Now the Footsteps do not go near the Grapes, although the Fruit is within Easy Reach of a man’s arm. This, therefore, proves them sour, because I deduce that the Man with the Gout would take no Acid into his System.” Moral: An Oance of Deduc- tion is worth a Pound of Fact. Carolyn Walls, “DON'T YoU THINK THAT SIX CLUBS 18 4 GOOD MANY Po A MARRIED MAN LIKE roun- SELF TO BELONG TUT? First Chick ; sux, Too, 18 LUCKY. “RUT, MY DARLING, YOU MUST REMEMMEn THAT NOT EVERY MARRIED MAN WAS A Second Chick : WOMAN LIKE you ron a wire.” “WHY, ISN'T SUE BEING BORN WITH AN FASTER WAT ON MER DY comicbooks.com