Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-07-14 | Page 9 | The Puzzling Frog

The Puzzling Frog t By VEX JONES Mark bark Twain is isto to dine dinc With tile the staff of London 6 VE read your jolly story said the editor of Punch IVE fu As he and hit hi staff met the humorist at lunch lunchI I think it is a stunner said the editor with wilh glee And tire lis staff piped up It tell teU it to we wee e WAS a jolly good jest said sad the editor th then n nAnd And has kept me since I dont know when w en enYou You see theres a bloke who comes upon a frog Can jump about as far as a greyhound dog He trains the blooming creature when he pokes it with i a straw To jump the she longest distance that you ever saw He bets a upon lh the jolly JOUy beast And every time it wins by at least The blokes all through the country bring out their blooming Jr frogs gs But Lori Lor f They arent better than so many bally logs At last there comes a challenge from another foolish chump Who s said id he had a whose middle name came was jump An American expression which I do not find q quite lle clear For even in the States a name like Jump is queer So the rival frogs were matched The betting grew quite hot And the stranger in the bustle poked the champion full fuU of shot And of course the beastly welcher got every blooming red For the wretched frog was anchored with wilh its ils innards full of lead THE T HE editor laughed loudly from the staff no chuckle broke I And one in solemn accents said Well Veil and wheres the joke The editor stops lops laughing on his brow t the e wrinkles grow He coughs and stammers feebly Since you ask meI dont know