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ForNever-
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r
THESE OLD
RECORDS INDICATE.
DOG PATCH IS
-THE MOST
IMPORTANT
SQUARE.
MILE
ON
EARTH!!
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i&8
BILLIES ARE ROYALTY
?.r.r- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
NEVER REACHED A FINAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE
ORIGINAL YOKUM TO
BUYDOGPATCH:'
Y . : f THE VOKUM FAMILY STILL - Z
J . ' I OWNS IT .'.'-IT'S A TINY - JJ.
J ' - INDEPENDENT NATION- Yru :
r " I LIKE MONACO V-
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-AND LIKE PRINCE RAINIER'S
FAMILY, THE VOfCOM FAMILY J
V ARE THE M BREIMTARV f
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S r Me I NOW STARTS YORE Ll'L DAY 7 fe MOLD A I'
t. - : KlSL--;: lk AS USUAL, BY PLEDGl N ' ' pfV -' mmmTwlf " J '
:.(. MORNING ALLEGIANCE TO TH .r-
5
NOBODY
TAKES
OUR
FLAG
away:;
. ( YOUR A , ' .
FLAG? J .
V" f DOM'T BE
J V SILLY
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'WE'VE OUST FOUND
OUT THAT DOG PATCH
IS NOT NOW, NOR
HAS IT EVER BEEN
PART OF THE USA.
-AMD PLEASE "
MADAM DONNT
CROSS THAT
LINE YOU
HAVE NO '
DA eC BAOT "
BUT THASS
MERELY.
PINEAPPLE
JUNCTION
AN'US-YOKUMS
HAS ALLUS-
.ARE
vou
A.
YDKL1M.
MADAME?
NATCHERLV!!
WHUT ELSE
DO AH LOOK
LIKE? AH'S
TH HEAD
ri'TW
FAMBLY
)th EN MAYBE I'D '
BETTER EXPLAIN
, THIS STRANGE TWIST
OF FATE YOUR.
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fe
fbrLart: the two sweethearts -
MOTCB THPyARE BEING WATCHED.
OQQ &RROty fWNCE MLANT,
calxjs wnm young squire, "comb
SeW U4 MOUND AT THE TARGET.
JOAN, ONLY CHILD OF THE COUNT
OF RATH FORD, WATCHES WITH
PROUDLY BEATING HEART AS HER
LOVER CONTENDS ON EQUAL. TERMS
WITH THE FAMOUS KNIGHT.
THEN JOAN GIVES A CRY OF
DELIGHT AND RUNS TO GREET
HER FATHER RETURNING HOME IN
STATE FROM A VISIT TO A NEIGH
BORING FIEF.
AND HE BRINGS A SIGNED PARCHMENT THAT IS TO ROB
HIS DAUGHTER OF ALL HAPPINESS. IT IS A MARRIAGE CON
TRACT WITH HUME, SON AND HEIR TO THE LANDS AND
CASTLE OF AMESBRIDGE, A MAN SHE HAS NEVER SEEN.
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:imf. 1 jiM4 ' W ;HI lp S:
a w i
LATER HE SAYS: THF HOLS&S OF &ATHFO&D AWO
AMZSBG&GE' MLST 0B0OUAD BAM?
fAG THAT UeAW f?SSAT A UMTD OAT TO
73W AEMS OFATAfG A&THL&; OTHF&WSJE 45V
OttOS IMLL OFAS WA&Xf?. WE OF AfOBL BLOOD
MUST CCVSDE& OALVOU DUTY TO OUR PEOPLB.
JOAN'S MOTHER GIVES ONLV COLD WISDOM : "&OAAAVTC LOME S
IMPORTANT OALSTO THE ATy yOUAflS. WAS THE SAME WTH7 TXSP ,
EATHEP AMD ME, WE -AVE jLVED 70GETWES? AOT UAHAPPZX VOU
AWE SJCDAV OE SWEET COWAAOATSfP UATAf yOCJR SWEETHEART;
ri,ACOj70ytiURlDDMGM7&
. SOTOR FIVE SHORT DAYS TWO
DESPERATE YOUNG LOVERS CLING
TO EACH OTHER AND MAKE EX
TRAVAGANT PROMISES. THEY ARE
VERY YOUNG.
. " NEXT WEEK-Hie Sixtliflag.
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