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Bobby Bumps and his pup want to go to the circus. When a boy wants to go to a circus, of course he tackles dad. Bobby's dad is balancing some books.
Dad leaves the room for a moment. Bobby and
his pup put their heads together. They simply
have to get to that circus. A boy wouldn't be a
boy if he didn't.
Bobby didn't mean a thing — he only wanted to
help dad balance the books, so he could hustle
up to that circus. However, dad didn't see it
that way.
Bobby isn't going to give up, though. For the rest of the afternoon he carries water for the elephants, in order to be allowed to look in under the Big Tent now and then.
Undiluted
The picture showed the interior of a club house. Several men sat at a table, drinking rather freely from a bottle near them.
"Oi say," remarked Pat to his friend, "they certainly are doing justice to that rye. ' '
"Yez be roight, " was the answer; "and Oi'm thinking thot they are not timpering it wid mercy."
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The Other Chap
The picture showed a man with a black eye and a bruised face.
"Phaix," said an Irishman to his friend, "thot man must hov met somewan wid a striking resemblance to a prize foighter."
No Narrow Path for Him
Two Irishmen were watching the antics of a tipsy man on the screen.
"Oi wonder if a mon loike thot could ever take to the straight and narrow path?" asked one.
"Be gobs," his friend replied, "a mon loike him wouldn't hov room to stagger in any narrow path!"
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Marriage Bonds
After the screen wedding Mr. Kross turned to his little boy, remarking, "Wasn't that pretty?"
"Yes," he replied; "but I am never going to get married."
"Why not?" his father asked.
"Because I have lived with married folks too long."