An den I know notting fer tree day, an when I’m ope de eye I’m in de osspital an cover all over wit bandage; an de firs ting I see is de little Antoinette sit dere on side ma bed an look me wid wet on his eye—
Oh, bagosh!! I tell you dis little histoire, but you bet my life de ole man Leblanc when he’s die she doan’t know yet why his house took on fire. De fire fer joke is fer sure no joke, an de old man Leblanc she doan’t like joke annyway.
Buy not futures, whether of this world or the next.
Being a square plug, if thou findest thyself in a round hole, alter the hole.
THE CIVIL SERVICE BERNARDO
The Civil Servant bowed his head
And keeping down his ire,
He begged and prayed the minister