1924-09-10 — Page 5

THE HONGKONG

LEGRAPH,

FRECKLES Y

AND KIS

FRIENDS

WHY.CONT THEY COME.

By Blossom

'AT'S WHAT

(Copyright, 1924, by NEA Service, Inc.)

I SAY

HOH, WILLIE - YOU CAN'T GUESS WHAT WE'RE GONNA

HAVE T'DAY A PICNIC = WE'RE GONNA HAVE. TATO SALUD AN' PICKLES

YEAH

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER, 10, 1924.

WHO ALL'S COMIN' TO YER PICNIC

MY UNCLE JOE AN AUNT BEULAH

FROM TH' CITY: AN' WE'RE GONNA HAVE ICE CREAM

AN' WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT OUT IN TH' WOODS AN' MY UNCLE AN' AUNTIE IS COMIN'

AN' WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF STUFF TO AT

OH GEE-WE LIKE PICNICS-/

CAN WE COME

I'LL SHOW YA WHERE OUR PICNIC'S GONNA BE - MOM'S HOME MAKIN' STUFF

NOW

BOY!

SEE! RIGHT THERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT-

I FORGOT T' TELL YOU

THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SAN'WICHES

TOO

GEE-THEY'S MUSKEETOS OUT HERE

WE'LL TELL WILLIE T' COME TOO-WE'LL BE THERE IN THE

GROVE WAITIN' FOR

YOU-

ALL RIGHT-I GOTTA GO HOME NOW AN' SEE

IF MY UNCLE JOE GOT IN FROM "TH"

CITY YET.

DID UNCLE AN' AUNTIE ROOT GET

HERE YET MOM ?:

NO-THEY HAVENT TAG THEY WILL

BE HERE

SOON THOUGH

སོཝཱ, ཙཱ, ཙཙ

WE'LL HAVE LOTSA TVE DECIDED TO HAVE OUR

FUN EATIN' IN TH'

PICNIC

WOODS, WON'T WE, MOM?

HERE IN

THE HOUSE

AW, I WANNA EAT IN TH WOODS

MOM

NO- THEY'RE TOO MANY MOSQUITOS AND AUNT BELAH AND UNCLE JOE WOULDN'T LIKE THAT

WELL, DON'T THEY HAVE SKEETERS IN TH' CITY WHERE

THEY LIVE?

PERHAPS BUT NOT AS MANY AS WE HAVE HERE IN THE COUNTRY

WELL, MOM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE

MORE SKEETERS

IN TH' CITY

AND NOT

IN THE GROVE

WHY TAG, WHAT MAKES YOU,

THINK THAT

B'CAUSE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE FOR

THEM TEAT ON !!

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