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BOBTAIL FABLES. f ! i i From Which the Reader Can Draw His Own Conclusions. AND PUT THEM TO GOOD USE. The Bass That Bit, Laying the Lion. Help From Hercules, the Dog In the Manger, the Boy and the Wolf. Foolish Bear and Hare and Goose. j By M. QUAD. fCopyrlght, 1512. by Associated Literary Press.] ; 5 A FAT Bass was swimming j around with her plump young j daughter one day wbeD a ( hook, temptingly baited, was , dropped before their noses. 'There's a good dinner for us." ! j whispered Miss Bass as she started 3 for the bait < "Hold on. my child." cautioned the 1 mother. "The bait Is tempting, but beware of the book which it conceals." "Oh. I'll risk that" j "It will be death to you. Take a mother's advice and hunt for frogs." *?.. rrlrMv VOIinc thinC COUld DOt ^ wui iuc ^ v- Q v ; - , be convinced, and. taking advantage of the first opportunity, she rushed forward and grabbed the bait and? You may think the hsherman caught her, but he didn't. He fished all that afternoon and didn't even get another bite. Laying the Lion. A Rabbit who was taking his evening ramble through a great Forest encountered a Lion under a Tree and at once called out: "Hi. there! Stand out of my path or I will demolish you!" "But I am not in the path." meekly replied the old Beast. 'Then get down out of that Tree!" "Yes, but I am not up the Tree." "Who said you were? i tell you to get out of my sunshine or I will break 1 every bone in your body!" "Would it be impudence ou my part 1 to call your attention to the fact that * ; I "obt down out op that tkkej" i I the sod has been down for two bours?" replied tbe terror stricken Lion. **Yes, it would, and impudence must be punished!" roared the Rabbit, and he sailed in and pounded the King of Beasts until the Forest was filled with k lamentations. I 1 He that by the plow would thrive t must sit around tbe Corner Grocery and taljt Politics. <3 ' Didn't Care For the Gods. 1 A Peasant who was driving a cart J along a country road bad the mlsfor- j * tune to get "stalled" in a mudhole. > ? j J * In this emergency ne siammea aowu i # his hat cracked his heels together j 1 [and loudly called for Hercules to aid * him. Old Here leisurely appeared 1* from the nearest cornfield, and when 1 he saw what the row was he bit off I a piece of plug and observed: l "Put your shoulder to the wheel and 8 boost her out The gods help those who help themselves." "I'll see you in South America first!" i replied the Peasant and he sat down i to wait for the mud to dry up. While waiting for this event he made $7 on 1 a dog trade, put up three lightning f rv rods, sold a washing machine for $6 j 8 and got his board for nothing. At the ! f end. of four days his old mule walked off with the cart without any boost- < ing, and the Peasant figured that he i was about $16 ahead of that commu- 4 P Bit?* i Don't break your neck for Hercules ? or any other old mossback. i The Dog In the Manger. W . A Dog lay In the manger when the Ox came to eat his supper. The canine snarled and snapped and tried to rash k him oat t t "Are yoa going to eat that hay?" e ssked the Ox. , d "No r j "And yoa won't let me eat it?" 1 . "Nor ; ^Alloe I A*\ 1 OCl ui/ taoi uvuai * uv? > the Ox. and he gave the Dog a born c which sent him up among the rafters. D If the neighbors don't like the way yon pound your piano, let 'em git c The Boy and the Wolf. a A Shepherd Boy who tended a flock p of aheep near a Tillage cried "Wolf!" i one day, and all the old mossbacks e rushed out with pitchforks and pokers a to find the dreaded beast that was all In the Boy'a eye. For three or four sue- t cesslre times the lad played this trick " on the villagers, and they finally came n K o the conclusion tbat be was a liar who leserved to be made an Indian spent One day the Wolf really came, but xrhen the Boy mounted the fence and tave the alarm the villagers refused to nove off their uall kegs at the corner (tore, saying to each other: "William Henry cam wors uiai i string on us again!" As r.o one responded to the call, the fVolf set out 10 devour tjie dock, but >efore he had secured a taste of the nutton the Boy laid him out with n Juliet from his little toy pistol. If you feel like lying don't let a vhole village discourage you. It often jays 200 per cent. The Foolish Bear. A Bear who had long concealed hini elf in a dense Jungle and rendered his jresence a terror to the neighborhood jy raiding the sheepfolds and calf pour >ne day entered the house of a Peasant md said: "Base caitiff. I have come to comjlaln of your inhumanity. The wool of rour sheep sticks in my teeth, and you : lon't know how much bother I have frith the bones of your calves.'* "But what can I do?" protested the Peasant. "Dress the meat for me," commanded he Bear. The Peasant meekly agreed, and ivhen the gory old Bear sailed ont thut J light be found a shoulder of mutton langing against the sbeepfold. He carded it to his lair and made his meal. ( jot he was hardly finished when he 'onnd bis hind legs trying to tie a knot round his neck. He fell down and got ip and keeled over, and as he realize! he situation be gasped out: "Alas, the Peasant not only dresse.1 ny mutton, but he will dress my I: V is well! What a fool I was to c?>t )lain when I got both the meat and vool! Farewell, my countrymen? Fin : toner!" Don't stand a creditor off till tomor ow when you can pay him today. Tel', lim to call next week. The Goose and the Hare. A Hare which was running away 'rom pursuit came to a stream and wg^ lesitating about making the plunge j vhen a Goose alighted near him and nqulred, "Pray, what is the matter, to >ut you in such a tremble?" , "I am pursued by the dogs." . "Oh. that's it. Well, the dogs won't j ouch me." ' "But they will soon devour my meat \ in less I cross the stream. Please give ^ nea lift on your back." (j "You should have been born with less , egs and more wings." chuckled the i 3oose, and she flew away and left the ( 3are to get across as best he could. i A few days subsequently the Hare ! ras crossing a meadow when the ' Joose came running and flutterlng-and ' ( rled out: ^ "i1 or mercy s saae, hju me iu eov.?i?r. ^ "What's the trouble with you T "I am pursued by a man who seeks ' uy quills and feather's, and unless you , lelp me away I am doomed." I "Oh, that's It? Well, I hare no quills lor feathers to lose." "But you will help me to get away?" "You should have been born with ess wings and more legs," replied the lare, and off be galloped. It's a long lane which has no turn. He Was Discharged. "The prisoner is discharged." "Whafs that. Judge?" "You are discharged, I say." "But Judge, 1 pleaded guilty." "I cant help that Go on away." I "I pleaded guilty, your honor, and [Uilty I was. and I think I ought to go ? JalL" "Will yon keep still? The court is lone with your case." "The Indictment charged me with ising poisonous flavors In soda water, udge, and I certainly did. Now I want o pay the penalty." "Once and for all, my man, I order 'on to quit bothering this court You cere charged with adulterating soda rater. The evidence showed that yon , abeled your bottles 'sody water.' That j ets you out There Is no law against mtting Impurities In sody water. The aw refers only to soda water, sir? -o-d-a, soda." "I had no Intention of evading the j aw. judge. I spelt It s-o-d-y through gnorance. Can't you send me up for a nontb or so?" "No. sir. not for a minute. The law 9 the law. aDd I am here to defend It torn violation. Officer, throw this per lstent jieroon into me street, ?.me wirk News. A Pointer. ? If you are looking for a hen- X ? pecked husband the best place to |> t look is under his wife's thumb.? <4. > New York Times. t Had His Nerve. This etory is being told of a well mown London doctor. A friend came 0 consult him professionally, and aftr the consultation was finished the [octor wrote out a prescription. "You had better hare this made np t the chemists." he said. "It will irobably cost you half a crown." "Half a crownT the patient exlaimed. "All right I'll get it made ip." Then, as he turned to go. he addd. "I say. could you lend me half a rown to pay it with?" The doctor gasped. He recovered In second, however, and asked for the Tescrlptlon. The patient hanoea it ?ck. and after the doctor had scratch d ont one item In It he returned it gain, together with a sixpence. "You can get what is left made up i or sixpence." he remarked dryly. \ What I scratched out was for your erves."?Philadelphia Ledger. $53 to those who act as V the local represents- I I tives of EVERYBODY'S J MAGAZINE and THE DELINEATOR?all in addition to liberal commissions. Let us show you how you can Secure a Shan simply by forwarding the subscrip your friends and neighbors and coll* renewals of our present subscribe] THIS month's prizes. There are lots can be won only by persons living size as your own. Write at once t BUTTERICK PUB1 Butte rick Buildi The Relia Therfe is always need fc the home?in the yard, i wherever a lamp is incor The RAYO is ideal for home light?like sunlight on tap. It is Doesn't leak. Doesn't smoke, last for years. Ask for the RA At Dealers STANDARD C (lactrponUd Newark. N. J. 5XXXXX>000000< I Horses a * ? 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