carried him between them. While crossing the bridge, into the town, the
man stumbled and the ass fell into the water and was drowned. They
promptly sued the city for damages, and compromised on $263, more than
eight times the value of the ass.


IMMORAL:

Hard luck cannot touch smooth people.

[Illustration: The Old Man, His Son and the Ass.]




The Shipwrecked Traveler.


A man who had traveled over many countries was shipwrecked off the coast of
Opera land. After a desperate battle with the waves he managed to near the
shore where the cruel waves played with him like a cat with a mouse. He
would pull himself up the beach, half fainting, and a great, dancing,
hissing breaker would pounce upon him and drive him back.

He called for help until the inhabitants espied him.

They came in a group, the women costumed as milkmaids and the men as
cavaliers.

After making about twenty feet the company stopped.