RECREATION 



XXX 1 11 



Justice of Peace : What do you mean by- 

 saying it was not premeditated, 'Rastus? 

 You acknowledge that you broke into the 

 plaintiff's hardware store and stole a bunch 

 of keys. 



'Rastus : Yassuh, yassuh ; but dat wuzn't 

 mah fault, Jedge. Mistah Smiff done put 

 locks on his chicken coop dat none ob mah 

 keys would fit, an' dere wuzn't no udder 

 way ter git in widout his heahin' me 'cept- 

 in' by borrerin' dem keys. Yessuh ; dat's 

 de truf. — Judge. 



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'_" - LIZZIE. 



I am dizzy, Lizzy, dizzy; sick with waiting 



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 For they always answer "busy" when I call 



you up, my own ! 

 "Busy." Lizzie, pray who is he? Who's 



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 Is he busy, dizzy Lizzie, busy buzzing round 



you. dear? 



— Chicago Record-Herald. 



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