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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY

ALESMAN

SAM, TH' 4TH OF JULY WILL SOON BE HERE, SO WE'VE GOTTA GET IN A SUPPLY OF FIRE WORKS, SEET - NOW, I'M GONNA LEAVE

THAT UP TO YOU

USE YOUR

OWN STRAM

1492 JULY

DAYS LATER

UHUH!

S'TOO BAD-

STOO BAD-

MILLY HAS BEEN CRYING

HER EYES OUT

DAY AND

NIGHT

SORRY-BUT WE'VE. SEARCHED THE.

WHOLE COUNTRY AND CANT FIND A TRACE OF

SHIM

800-4007 H00-0-0

HOO-0

Boo HO-D-O Hoo-A

WHAT'S TH IDEA OF ALL THIS

1923.

́WHY ¬ YA TOLD ME

TA GO AN' BUY SOME FIRE-WORKS,"

DON'T YA?

BEAT IT RIGHT OUT AND GET TH' BEST YOU CAN BUY-IF THEY DON'T SUIT YA AT ONE PLACE

TRY ANOTHER "TILL YA GET TH' BEST

I'LL GET TA' BEST, ALL- RIGHT AND I'LL BE BACK IN AN

HOUR

EXTRA

PRE

WOOD.

3།ཎྷ2#6..

ING

12 P.M

THAT NIGHT

LOWDY CO. -

FOR TH LOVA MIKE!! SAM AIN'T BACK YET- HE COULD OF BEEN TO EVERY FACTORY IN

TOWN BY NOON

LAIS

LIMENT

K&EP OFF

HEY GUZZ HERE'S A TRUCK "LOAD O' JUNK FOR YA FROM SAM

HOORAY

HE'S ALIVE

Dear Guzz:-

Am sending you the best fire- works I could but I gertainly had to travel for

em;

Sam Howdy Nong Hong

China

HONG

KONG, CHINA!!!!

HELLO GUZZ-

I'M BACK!!!!

SO I SEE WHO TH' SAM HILL TOLD YOU TO GO TO CHINA TO BUY FIRE WORKS AND THEN BUY ENOUGH

TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE COUNTRY,

HUH?

NOW-NOW- WHAT'D YA THINK I WENT OVER THERE) FOR? BECAUSE I GOT'EM DIRT CHEAP-ONLY $2000

FOR TH WHOLE

LOT

$2000- "HOW TH' SAM HILL D'UR EXPECT TO MAKE ANY KOFIT ON 'EM?-I'LL BET WE DON'T SELL OVER $500 WORTH OF 'EM

NOT ONLY THAT- MAYBE YOU GOT FOOLED ON'EM HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE ANY GOOD? MAYBE NOT

A ONE OF 'EM WILL

GO OFF

SAY GUZZ-DO I LOOK AS FOOLISH AS ALL THAT") I'M NOT IN TH" HABIT

OF BUYING THINGS

•THAT AINT NO GOOD

THESE ARE THE FINEST IN TH' WORLD. HOW DO I KNOW? - BECAUSE BEFORE I HAD THIS SUPPLY SHIPPED OUT HERE-

OPEN

EVERY

EVENING

TILL

4.50

TRIED EVERY SINGLE ONE

OF THEM MYSEL

NEA SERVICE.