Show TOO MUCH FOR THE REFEREE had to admit he was unable to decide at as to merits merit of famous punsters punster tom hood and theodore hook made a wager as to who could spring the best beat pun leaving tho the decision to charles mathews the loser was to stand supper for the trio scarcely scarce lj had the agreement been made when they espied a signboard whereon the owner meaning to advertise his bis beer had printed bear sold here oho said fald hook 1 I suppose that bear Is his own bruin good said mathews Mai hews have hard bard work it if youre going to beat that master thomas 1 I dare say hell do it though said hook for you know he carries more than two faces under one hood dont you tom at that moment turning a sharp corner they came in sight ot of a small tumbledown tumble down house standing in the midst of a wretched little plot of well trampled grass just in front of which w was a huge board with the inscription beware of 0 the dog hood looked cautiously round in all directions and finding no dog anywhere visible picked up a broken piece of brick and scribbled this query underneath the warning ware be the dog well ill tell yua what it Is my boys said mathews 1 I cant decide between two such jokes as those and more im not going to try so we had better all go and sup together and each one of us pay his bis own share the |