Nast's Illustrated Almanac 1873 . turned his reproving eye upon wicked Tom Jones. But just at that moment AldermanMWelter, full of wrath, stepped in. All the bad boys ran away; but Jacob Blivensrose in conscious innocence, and began one of those stately little Sunday-school-book. 28 NASrS ALMANAC FOR 1873. speeches which always commence with Oh, sir! in dead opposition to the fact thatno boy, good or bad, ever starts a remark with Oh, sir! But the alderman neverwaited to hear the rest. He took Jacob Blivens by the ear, and turned him around,and hit him a whack in the rear with the flat of his
Nast's Illustrated Almanac 1873 . turned his reproving eye upon wicked Tom Jones. But just at that moment AldermanMWelter, full of wrath, stepped in. All the bad boys ran away; but Jacob Blivensrose in conscious innocence, and began one of those stately little Sunday-school-book. 28 NASrS ALMANAC FOR 1873. speeches which always commence with Oh, sir! in dead opposition to the fact thatno boy, good or bad, ever starts a remark with Oh, sir! But the alderman neverwaited to hear the rest. He took Jacob Blivens by the ear, and turned him around,and hit him a whack in the rear with the flat of his hand; and in an instant that goodlittle boy shot out through the roof, and soared away toward the sun, with the frag-ments of those fifteen dogs stringing after him like the tail of a kite; and there wasnta sign of that alderman or that old iron foundry left on the face of the earth - and asfor young Jacob Blivens, he never got a chance to make his last dying speech after allhis trouble fixing it up, unless he made it to the birds, because, although the bulk of himcame down all right in a tree-top in an adjoining county, the rest of him was appor-tioned around among four townships, and so they had to hold five inquests on him tofind out whether he was dead or not, and how
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