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Show The Old Man's Comforts. I f A I.oiiir Way Alter Soutliey.) "You aro old, Father Slowcoach," tlio young man said, "And your toppor Is hardly O.K; ' M Just seo tho immaculate gloss of my -? tlio - -. ,.H Do you think on tho earth you should ,1 stay?" "Whonlwasu youth," Father .Slow- I coach roplicd, H "Wo counted him soft for his pains I Who gave to his hatter a guinea, Ilka ' " J'011' MM Tocovorapenn'qrth ofbralns.' ft( M "You aru oldj Father Slowcoach," alio I young man said, - "And sure your digestion ain't good? ffl For your molars aro gono and you munoh with your gums ' ' ' Do you think that you ought to tako ' food," ' "In tlio days of my youth," Father Slowcoach roplicd, " fl "On tutors and bacon I fed; ' Anil -I food on them still, though niy guniK aro as soft fl As tho thing that yon nlclcnrtmo I your head." "You aro old, Fathor Slowcoaciy tho I young man said, I "Aud your poll is as baro as my hand Yot, why leftho illos use your head for a rink? I'm blowcd if t understand." "In tho days of my youth," Father I Slowcoach roplled," , , ' I "When folic couldn't seo what .was I plain, ,M Wo mado them quito smart by tho sod- S Of a long ptcco of strap or a cauo.l' '' "You aro old, Father Slowcoach," tho I young nmti said, H "And your wits thoy uro shockingly dull, ..jM I've long ceased to think' that you hiul , any brains, ( H Concoal'd in your ven'rublo .skull. I SWurlTVrtsfnatlFatliimvT " tM coach replied.- H "rhoy taught mo to think .when at school, H A Jiubit which hasn't deserted mo yet, I As it docs In tho ease of a fool." I "Though you'ro old, Fathor Slow- . coach," tho young man said, " H "Of your clio-jk T havo got a big H doso H And If you continue to sling out such talk ' I'll land you a punch in the nose." In my youth," said tho old 'un, "thry taught mo to box, v H And still I can handlo my paw ' jfl A Htateiuont tho Johnny admitted' ut H oncn ' H As ho dropped from a crack on the B JW' -Ex. H |