. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . rest up into some kind of a clar-ionet with finger holes punched in the could stand a good deal, I said, even if Ihad only one leg; but I couldnt bear tothink of a man going around the communityserenading girls with tunes played on one ofmy bones—a bone, too, that I felt a gooddeal of affection for. If he couldnt toucha girls heart without serenading her withone of my bones, why he better remainsingle. We blathered away for about an hour, andat
. The world's speaker, reciter and entertainer for home, school, church and platform; recitations, readings, plays, drills, tableaux, etc. .. . rest up into some kind of a clar-ionet with finger holes punched in the could stand a good deal, I said, even if Ihad only one leg; but I couldnt bear tothink of a man going around the communityserenading girls with tunes played on one ofmy bones—a bone, too, that I felt a gooddeal of affection for. If he couldnt toucha girls heart without serenading her withone of my bones, why he better remainsingle. We blathered away for about an hour, andat last he said he was disgusted with so muchbosh about a ridiculous bit of meat andmuscle, and he wrapped the paper aroundthe leg again and rushed out of the door forhome. When I sued him, and the case came upin court, the judge instructed the jury thatthe evidence that a leg belonged to a manwas that he had it, and as Barclay had thisleg, the presumption was that it was no man was ever known to have threelegs and as Barclay thus had three the sec-ond presumption was that it was not as Gunn did not have it, the law could. Copyright, 1904, by William H. FOR YOURSELF, JOHN A tableau very easily prepared and affording a great deal of amusement and entertainment. HUMOROUS AND DIALECTIC 205 not accept the theory that it was Gunnsleg, and consequently the law couldnt tellwho under the sun the leg belonged to, andthe jury would have to guess at it. So thejury brought in a verdict against both of us,and recommended that, in the uncertaintythat existed, the leg should be buried. Theleg was lying during the trial out in thevestibule of the court room, and we foundafterward that during the trial Bill Woodsdog had run off with it and that settled thething. Queer, wasnt it ? CASEY AT THE BAT. This selection was made famous by DeWolf Hopper, whowhen called before the curtain between the acts of his comicopera performances recited it hundreds of times. There was eas
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