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[Illustration: _Fond Teuton Parent (to super-tar home on leave)._ "AND YOU
LIKE YOUR SHIP, FRITZ?"

_Fritz._ "I LOVE HER! SHE'S A WONDER! SUCH SPEED! WHENEVER WE RACE BACK TO
PORT SHE'S BEEN FIRST EVERY TIME."]

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[Illustration: _Karl._ "WHAT WORRIES ME IS THE FACT THAT WE WANT MORE MEN
FOR THE NAVY. WHAT I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS, WHERE ARE THEY TO COME FROM?"

_Gretchen._ "BE CALM, KARL. DOUBTLESS OUR GLORIOUS PROFESSORS OF CHEMISTRY
WILL INVENT A SUBSTITUTE."]

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[Illustration: THE INFECTIOUS HORNPIPE.]

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[Illustration: THE BREATH OF LIBERTY.

THE GERMAN AUTOCRAT. "THEY MAY FIND THIS WIND VERY BRACING IN RUSSIA BUT IT
MAKES ME FEEL EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE."]

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