Flip flap fables; . ll off, too; always talking about his club. Well, mahas got to pay 50 cents for the use of this dress. Justmy luck, anyhow. Meanwhile, Algernon Dranekegg was hurrying downstreet in spite of His corn. Soon he slackened his pace,however, and fishing an old stub of a cigar from hispocket, lighted it, and proceeded in a more leisurelj^manner, musing to himself: Lord, but that was a narrow escape. Confound it,I thought they were well fixed by the way she talked. Iknow who she is, now. Queer coincidence, too; hermother washes for the Jones and my Old Lady washesfor the Browns jus
Flip flap fables; . ll off, too; always talking about his club. Well, mahas got to pay 50 cents for the use of this dress. Justmy luck, anyhow. Meanwhile, Algernon Dranekegg was hurrying downstreet in spite of His corn. Soon he slackened his pace,however, and fishing an old stub of a cigar from hispocket, lighted it, and proceeded in a more leisurelj^manner, musing to himself: Lord, but that was a narrow escape. Confound it,I thought they were well fixed by the way she talked. Iknow who she is, now. Queer coincidence, too; hermother washes for the Jones and my Old Lady washesfor the Browns just across the street. Too I had finally found somebody to support me,but Ill have to fall back on mother again. Shes allright, only she is getting old and cant work like sheused to. She kicked on paying for the use of this suitof clothes to-night. Ill just run around to Foleys andhit a free lunch before I go home. MORAL Never try experiments when bluffing. Carry the handright through on an ace-full One morning a Rabbit was can-tering along, feeling pretty gayand frisky, when it overtook aMud Turtle, laboriously clawingalong the sandy road. The Rabbit slowed up a bit, andthen stopped and remarked: Hello, Old Clubfoot. Practicing up forthe fall races .f* , Oh, cut it out and take a sneak, retortedthe Mud Turtle, sliding along over the sandwith his head in the air, looking mad anddisgusted as a freckled-faced woman withsnag teeth at a beauty show. Say, but you have beautiful foot ought to make five or six rods a day, by workingovertime, if you didnt fall in a hole, teased the Rab-bit, turning a few back summersaults and standing onhis nose. 30 Flip Flap Fables You slim-legged ducks give me a pain. Becauseyou can lope along at a pretty good gait for a fewyards, without breaking in two, you think you are somepumpkins on the go. You cant race. Go crawl in ahole somewhere and go to sleep, and the Mud Turtlepaused to pinch a sand burr from the bottom of a
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