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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY,

AND

MIS

IS

FRIEND

DES, ES, DAT, OFF.

JANUARY 23 1924

SAY, DOP-DYA KNOW WHAT? I WISH SANTY CLAUS WOULD BRING ME A PONY THIS CHRISTMAS-GEE-I ALWAYS

WANTED A PONY D'VA

S'POSE WEBBE HE'LL

BRING ME

ONE?

A PONY? WELL, I GUESS HELL BRING

YOU ONE THIS YEAR.

YAAAY- A PONY! A PONY! PONY! PONY!! PONY! PONY! WAITLL

I TELL TH' KIDS

SOME BODY HAS BEEN TELLING FRECKLES SOMETHING -

PONY? OH- I HAVE IT NOW.

WW NES-T PROVISED HIM THAT SANTA WOULD BRING HIM A PONY. THIS

CHRISTMAS

DON'T YOU KNOW ANY BETTER THAN THAT? YOU

CAN TELL HIM THAT IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE!

GEEWIZZ = HE'S LUCKIER THAN ANYBODY,

I EVER SAW

WONDER

WHAT COLOR.

HIS PONY

WILL BE ?

I NEVER. EST NUTHIN

LIKE THAT FOR

CHRISMUS

AND YA TOLD 'EM THAT SANTY WOULD STOP

AN GET A DONY FOR ME?

NOW LISTEN TO ME ONCE-

WHERE'S POP, MOM?

I WANTA ASK HIM

IF MY PONY WILL HAVE A HARNESS

ON IT

NO THEY SAID THEY HAD NO PONIES, NOTHING

BUT COWS

NO PONIES AT ALL, POP? NUTHIN"

BUT COWS

T'LL DO NOHING OF THE SORT= YOU TELL HIM THAT HE'LL GET

NO PONY THIS YEAR-DO YOU THINK WE'RE MILLIONAIRES?

LOOK AT HIM OUT THERE TELLING ALL HIS FRIENDS THAT HES GOING TO GET A PONY ALL BECAUSE

OF YOUR BLUNDERINS

HE'S IN THE NEXT ROOM=

WHAT D'YA

I THINK HE HAS SOMETHING

TO TELL YOU, FRECKLES

WANNA TELL

ME, POD?

YES-THATS ALL. THEY HAVE LEFT= RUN ALONG NOW!

VELL, THEN, I GESS TIL TAKE

A Cow!

WHY-WHY. AHEM-

I CALLED UP THE STOCK YARDS TODAY

AND-AUD

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