BEGGING BEARS
•■' ;"--i'''.: -'I.:-,." //:"-.-. '.'-'. :'- A \\ : :, ■■'->• ,\- • .^./.'.V .;; /"7-.V' 7-I'V PhylUs:.Ja"ck.calls,"Hden ( his.peach and the apple ,/" The conjurer Wdea;frantic search;through.his rt +i,e' Vv v : w. hy !C^'t you callme pretty .-things , clothes, turning his pockets inside but and bringing like.. that.V^., ;V..-.' '.. ', '•.• •' " / forth, among other-things, a rabbit, a potted geranHenry: How can;!? ;He isin-the fruifr business, ium,, three Union Jacks",; a'drum, sevehCeggs, the' and Im.iiythe. fish trade.; ■ '■• •; '• . ace of spades,- a bird in a cage, two guinea-pigs, ■ ■' ■ .'■, .V. "■ ■;...;'• .;■—O—— J.: '.'■■■,■' : ■■' and a bowl of goldfish. ...'"■■ ( ~ -^ -,:.:;.' '/. ; :- r : Six-year-old ; Mary was ; teaching tnree-^year-dld "There!" ■he exclaimed* triumphantly" 'to' his wife, Joan the value of,different coins. . . who. had .been watching him with grim,suspicion. "That's a. shilling; it will buy lots of sweets. > "Itold you I! was poeitive I had posted your letters That's a sixpence:. .it will buy a beautiful ice this morning!"; \:, cream. That's, a. half penny; it's only good for the —^-O-— . Sunday-school collection." % . Two .Irishmen were talking. Mike suddenly ex--O claimed, : "What did you get.for Christmas, Pat?' Visitor (from the-city, noticing how industrious "! got a pair, of opera glasses." . ,; / ;. the farmer's wife is): "Mr." Wilson, you have avery Mike: Are they good ones, Pat? ■■■■■ - : hard-working wife.- ■ ' , "Good ; ones! , You. see that church over -there?" Farmer:-You're right," mum. I wish I had a Mike: Yes. '.-"' . . . .- couple more like her. "Well, these glasses bring it sonear that you ■ . .-.. —^-O can hear the organ playing." ; Johnny was proudly displaying his new puppy. O 3, haV Cind of. a. d°g is it?" queried his uncle. A merchant, unable to sleep, tossed fitfully on «w^ y u-P *♦£ lor a moment an<J then said: • his couch andmuttered uninteligible words 'The Well, hisiathei- wasan Airedale, but his mother wife of hisbosom sought tlie cause of his restlesswas a female, so I don't quite knov/ what he is." ness. In answer.to her inquiries, he said:' ~. , ~. , : ~—°—~ "You should expect me to sleep when: my note ■ Modern .Chivalry! A crowded Sixth Avenue to Cohan in the bank comes, due tomorrow for elevated train was approaching the Thirty-third £5000 and there's only £2000 in the bank to-meet Street station when a woman who was standing it." ■ . . moved restlessly, under tha burden of several "It is?" said the faithful wife. "Then I tell you bundles. -A. man. seated in front of her reached .what I should, do, Ike. You should get uu and £0 out, tapped her arm, and smiled, "Stay, right here, " over to Cohan's house and toll him, and then com° lady, he. said,. "I. get .oft at Forty-second Street." .back and.go to.sleep. Let Cohan stay awake" '
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Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 15
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424BEGGING BEARS Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 15
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