Life — October 1, 1903 — page 22: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

NTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL PAN-AMERICAN VERSUS PAN-EUROPEAN. Which? N B.—In reading the following bard luck story, if you are a Trust * Magnate, ellminate the upper lines in the brackets. If, however, you are a Champton of Labor, forget about the lower lines, If neither the one nor the other, read both versions, and then decide which makes the pleasanter reading. Several years ago, in the town of X, there lived a small merchant who, by dint of hard work and honest dealing, managed to earn a decent livelihood. But lately the town of X has been getting all the modern improvements, and among them came the [((3e,]- 4 Immidiately upon their arrival, the (37%) announced to the good merchant the following: * By virtue of an order of the great (J.,Pireety], you must now pay twice the [price ] i for half the amount of [£°%!*] you received formerly.” But 5 Hf . the merchant, who had a will of his own, said _ EH ig E hinged if I do,” to which the [Tr <a WS , S& (Tiises) replied { be hanged if you don’t.” 4 aap / | At \ \ coreg ) The merchant, however, found a [ [*® and [fa'tef] him, but within two weeks the [Trt] had [frozen out the deur.) and the poor merchant died ft starvation Ss By dynamite - BT. Hs THE HIGH SHAKE. “Au! THIS IS 4 PLEASURE, INDEED.” comicbooks.com