Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . 3. Married. Pinkertons Charity. By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. IT WAS a raw, stormy night. Mr. Pinkerton waswalking home from the club, after a fine dinnerthat put him on good terms with himself and withthe world, when he was accosted by a big, burly chap,who requested financial assistance. Say, mister, cant ye help a pore feller whats losthis leg? the beggar whined, as Pinkerton passed along. Lost a leg? retorted Pinkerton, eying the mansuspiciously. Why, you have two legs, havent you? To all appearances the man certainly had. Yes, s
Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . 3. Married. Pinkertons Charity. By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. IT WAS a raw, stormy night. Mr. Pinkerton waswalking home from the club, after a fine dinnerthat put him on good terms with himself and withthe world, when he was accosted by a big, burly chap,who requested financial assistance. Say, mister, cant ye help a pore feller whats losthis leg? the beggar whined, as Pinkerton passed along. Lost a leg? retorted Pinkerton, eying the mansuspiciously. Why, you have two legs, havent you? To all appearances the man certainly had. Yes, sir, returned the beggar, with a mournfulsmile that stirred Pinkertons heart. Ive got two ofem left, sir; but my best one—ah, that is gone forever!I lost it in a railway accident, sir. For heavens sake, what were you before this ca-tastrophe happened? cried Pinkerton. A centipede? No, sir. Just a plain, ordinary human bein, leg I lo^t, sir, was a wooden one, sir, and it used to. 4. Divorced. Cheese It. A PIECE of irony sufficiently delicate to be worthy of quotation** recently came from a New York critic. An aspiring youngpoet, who had met the critic in question, wrote a satire in emulationof Homers Battle of the Frogs and Mice. The young poet thoughthe would go one better than Homer, and described in most realisticstyle the warfare between two factions of mites inhabiting a piece ofcheese. He sent the manuscript to the critic with a request for that dis-tinguished persons opinion. In a few days the answer came. My dear sir, wrote the critic, I have read your satire and amdelighted with it. You are worthy to be called the Gorgon-Zola ofliterature. Mistletoe helps the man who helps himself.
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