Life — July 29, 1909 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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JIWEIE The Obvious iven a farm with a mortgage on, a wayward » the Far West gone; a foster daughter, und true, some interest that's overdue; a da mother old; a villain bland and scold; a sneering smile on the villain’s ind a threat to sell the old homeplace; the ‘n wooed by the villain bland, to whom he offers heart and hand, a life of ease, and the mor burned; a blushing cheek and the vil- I ned; a rare June day, and an auctioneer the farm, and a villain’s jeer; a weeping nd her foster folk with eyes brimful and s that choke, then: Who comes in from the wooded wings th a purse that swells and a voice that ings, and pays the debts on the old me-place, and plants a fist in the vil- in’s face, the girl and his vrents, t00? What is the answer? guess who! a girl who is sweet and fair, who has r home and the old folks there for the city’s glare and hum and glow; the lad who loved her long ago; given a storm and an empty purse PHILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES Those who smoke them are always glad to recommend them to even the most critical of friends CAMBRIDGE retular size 25c. AMBASSADOR 350. after-dinner size © © city’s streets, and a landlord's curse as he her out, and the falling snow from the loft to the stage below; given despair and feet in an endless tramp down the snowy a moan, a cry and a heavy fall, and the r cold soon to end it all: given the dreams igh the snowy blur of the old home folks ‘ome to her, of the mother sweet and the and of foolish pride that was blind, nd; given the snow that so thickly falls, he snowy street, and the grim cold walls, Who is it springs from the long, long rail and lifts her form so thin and frail from the snowy place where she laid cr down, and takes her back to the country town where they used to live in their sweetheart days, and lays his cheek on her wan, thin face, and whispers of love and weds her, too? What is the answer? You guess who! Given a hero, prince of men; a low-browed thug and a ruffian; an heiress fair as the dawn of day, who stands in the wicked uncle's way; given the hero stricken then by the low-browed Kamlee Auto Trunk An Auto Trunk should last a lifetime. why it shouldn't. reason on earth And it should deliver the goods every minute of that life- time, too, Tt should be So easy of access that you can open it in 20 seconds by the watch. You should be able to get at the bot- tom contents without dis- turbing the top. Itshould be handsome in ance. That's what the lee” is. plete particulars, appear: “Kam Write for com thug in the robber’s den; a senseless form and a big trap-door 3 old stage floor; a muttered curse from the ruffian, and the hero stabbed and stabbed again, and dropped at length through the big trap-door where the sea waves wash with a sullen roar; given the night and a furious storm, a spon; chloroform; the low-browed t less maid upon his shoulder Ii hag and a bottle black, who wa the ruffian’s back, and whets her knife with an awful leer as the wicked uncle pays her dear for the dreadful deed she is soon to do, then — Who at the door comes bursting through, and smites the uncle hip and thigh, and drives his fist in the thug’ right cye, and throttles the ha sits and leers, and gr: dries her tear from the gallery? Don't ask me —J. W. Foley, in Saturday E a hand What is the answer? ‘ening Post. Its Real Effect Jacob A. Riis was talking about witty news paper headlines. “As witty a headline said he. as written by a youth of eighteen in a San ncisco newspaper office. There was a bill up to prohibit the sale of alcoholic drinks within four miles of the University of California, and this bill the youth headed An Act to Promote Pede Our Students.’ ""—IWashington Star as I know o! anism Among Swixpurne’s peculiar sense of humor is shown in this story told by Frank Karslake, editor of the Book Auction Records. A certain distin- poet to her house Swin. guished woman had asked the one evening, to read his poems to her burne complied. Having made hj fortable on a soft couch, he read and re read. Presently his hostess became fidgety, but still he read on until only a short while dawn, The distinguished woman was kept up all night. “ She © to come and read my poer 1 Swinburne, with a signif to her,"’ commen ant smile.—Argon “AM, BROTHER, THESE BE THOSE OF US WHO COURT THE “EVEN $0. I'VE A position company.” BARREN Musr.”” JUST BEEN FORCED TO ACCEPT SCANNING METERS FOR THE GAS DAYS FOR 300 YEARS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CORDIAL Heer LIQUEUR bres Giartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— jew York, N.Y. f United Biates. comicbooks.com