The Washington times., 1906-03-25
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we are being thrown among some
good society. Ell, I feel as if I were
getting to be a real bounder,"
During a slight lull the polar bear
said to me: II never was much on
being exclusive but, after this. sep
arate cabins for mine," I'D give a
weeks rations to be turned into a
turtle with a double REINFORCED
she'll" groaned the ostrich The
simple life for me on shore after
this II I ever egt a chancei"
Same here" added the giraffe
as he wound his neck around a post.
Il am SO upset inside that I couldn't
even hold down a government Job
five minutesi 1 feel as IL they'd fed
me on yeast cakes for a week"
When / went I'D ! reported to Pop
that the animals were not feeling
very keen about eating. Said he:
Don't blame them, I've been
bringing up things that I'd long for
gotten, during this spell. myself.
and I'm as empty as a last years
birdnest but l don't yearn for buck
wheat cakes nor sausages! II the
snip does no: turn over and sink
with US pretty soon. reckon I'll
kind OF go on in a faint, And your
Ma feels the same wayi"
"Oh, Pop. keep up your courage,
said I. Don't give up the ship! Il
would be a shame to throw up the
sponge now"
"Tn bet I've given up every
thing that was in me- replied Pop;
but I'm not an ostrich. I never
swallowed the sponge so 1 can't
throw it up"
MARCH, 9, 2324S B. C.-Passed big
red buoy with the number I2 paint
ed on It Shem thinks It is the
Thomkhod Fishing Banks buoy. He
likes TO put on airs about what he
has learned from his Mall Course in
Navigation in the Kadesh Cores
RCa0CLNG CNAOOA- De14u
Nice, safe place for a bank
Plenty Of circulation and. suppose,
no more water IN the stock than in
usual In corporations"
But you would need a diving suit
to draw your money!" Said Shem.
And it's kept in a red-herring
safe, perhaps" suggested Ham.
The Fishing Banks money ought
to be all net profits" suggested Pop.
That conceit would make a pret-
II romance" said Bilhah, who is a
poetic thing in the morning: Il
would like TO write little fairy
tale"
Sort Of seafare- tale!" said
Ham.
With the Fishing Bank. its coral
lined safe with sea dollars and with
several watch-dogfsh guarding it"
And some old greenback turtles
counting bags OF goldfish or testing
them by weight or with acid and
listening to the deposits drawing in
terest," put in Shem.
YES" said I; "and some night
the blowfsh comes and blows open
the safe,'
You are all Jesting upon poetic
subject, but have composed a versei
Far down where the cleaning sun
fish dart
Taking the crimson sunset flush
Deep down to the coraI's rosy heart
To make the pale sea-lily blush"
"Oh that sort of rhyming is easy
enough" declared Ham for ne loves
TO tease his wife: 81 can do a little
OF it sometimes. myself!
Down where the surges never gripe:
Where thunder nor banana peals,
Where the pale pipefish hits the pipe
And the Sdlted Goldfish feels
That the time for him is ripe
To motor with electric eels;
Where the lobster tries 10 swipe-"
''Oh, fddlesticks.~ exclaimed Bill
hah- That isn't poetry. That's SIM
ply "a bawli"
Sort Of fish baEl," said Pop.
Just then one of the red squirrels
came to Ham with a complaint that
the fox had taken advantage OF mis-
innocence and his appetite and had
offered to give him big nut in ex-
change for part Of his daily allow
ance Of food The squirrel had glee-
fully parted with his fodder which
the willy fox had eaten and then
reynard led him to the spot where he
had hidden the nut which proved to
be an iron one. unscrewed by the
ostrich from a bulkhead bolt, The
squirrel. upon the advice OF the crow.
who, It seems, is posing as a sort
of a lawyer on board, repaired at
once TO Ham. basing his complaint
on the ground that the fox had de-
frauded him, inaSmuch as the iron
nut was not hi property and there
fore he was unable to give it away
or trade it