SECTION XI. DIVERSIFIED DIVERSIONS.
Reading edition
YOUNG DOBBS’ HAT. [A tragic story for Magic Lantern or Shadow Show.]
1. When Dobbs was a little boy, he was not so particular with his hats as he was when he grew up to young-manhood. For instance, on the very day he wore his first tall one he encountered a magnificent specimen of the cabbage butterfly.
2. Now he much wanted a cabbage butterfly to complete his collection, so he made straight at it. In the pursuit his hat suffered.
3. So did he when he got home! As for the butterfly, I have every reason to believe it died a natural death some time later.