Clippings from the Comics.

Manawatu Herald, 18 March 1893, Page 3

Clippings from the Comics.

, <■'-„; *(From Pick-me-up.) > Only Natural,— Judge : Have you anything to say before I pass sen- _ tenco on you ? — No, I ain't got any |. tjttt'o ter waste talkin* 'ere, I want ■ ter go. ■_.--. —-An Epicurean Cook.— Mistress , (tt. cook) : But why do you want to leave.- Mary ?— Cook : I don't like the cookery* mutu.— Mistress 5 Why, you cook the thibgs yourself j— Cook : Yes, I know, . muni. B tit I'm only a plain cook, and I thought when I came here that you would make some tasty dishes now and . gajti, iiiaih I . • Sufficient Evidence. — Coronei? i You, seem to be' certain that the deceased accidentally fell into the water. How do you know that this is not a case of suicide. - Witness : He was a blither Scot, an' he had a wee bottle of whuskey on him wi' ; ne'er a;nip ta'en jnit. r• ;> ; " """"" (proni Allyißlqper)i ' ; Jones: What a. horrible perVerfce* 4 pf.t^he^tru.th that fellow Smith is to - bpysiire ! That last yarn, h6 spun us .'.Vwii* most! artificial ; lie.— Brown : Do,you. think. so? I don't. — Jones : Why not r^Brown : Why,- you could •B^woaglr.fchat ha; .a : mPinetit,°but you . .can't [ &se' through $n artificial ''; i eye;'yoh'-''krip,w ; .- ,'.., ' There, it nothing like the innocen.ce of>_w6efcV sunny, early girlhood. It . was ! Seiina ■■'■ ShanltytOp, who thought tha^ street-doPr bolts Wre BOWft^JTa. awihg Ihem. dp^pjShpUld drown the .sibilatiou of the parting kiss on the street-doOr mat. Merchant : Can you give me any ne\fl_ Pf your son, sir ? I have not seen him afc the office for three days.— Father : The young rascal ! The— : er—er— young scoundrel ? I'll cut him off wifch a shilling ! I'll — — Merchant : I'm afraid you can spare yourself thafc trouble, for I believe he has cufc off himself— to America with the contents Of my cash box.