I Forbid the Banns! — page 11: what you’re looking at

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

“I FORBID THE BANNS!” PART I. CHAPTER I. ON FLYING FISH. i Y dear Charlton, I say ‘Bismillah! Allah illa Allah! kismet!’ and so forth.” ‘“Quite so; and these dark phrases being interpreted into the language of the accursed Giaour mean that s “ That when a thief’s hour is come he may be captured, even by a policeman.” “Tt strikes me that has about it a certain Teutonic flavor. Will you oblige me with the application of your adaptation of this pretty free translation of the German proverb?” : ‘What, you cannot see it for yourself ?”’ . “Proverbs are like prophecies, my friend; they are susceptible of being interpreted to suit the exigencies of the hour, and of the interpreter. Now what are your exigencies, oh, diplomatist ?” “Why, man, can’t you see that the drift of my fatalism and of my proverbial philosophy is, that when a fellow comes face to face with the right girl, he can no more resist falling in love with her than—than—-” the speaker looked around for a simile—‘ than—-than one of those flying fish (EONMMICLYOOlKS (EC)