Said in fun . inter-esting ? Friend—Well—er—no, not so much that: but Ferd Smith betme ten dollars that 1 couldnt read it through twice, and1 bet him ten dollars that I could. A NFCFSSARY CAUTION. Remember, Uncle Rastus, cautioned the magistrate, thatyou are not compelled to disclose anything which maycriminate yourself/ Den 1 reckon 111 keep my mouf shet. Judge, was thewise reply. NOT THF FIRST TIME. Was it the girls father who broke off the engagement?-inquired Jenkins. No, replied the jilted lover, it was her little brother. 55 IMPOSING UPON THE POOR. IT all comes o bein poor. said an old l
Said in fun . inter-esting ? Friend—Well—er—no, not so much that: but Ferd Smith betme ten dollars that 1 couldnt read it through twice, and1 bet him ten dollars that I could. A NFCFSSARY CAUTION. Remember, Uncle Rastus, cautioned the magistrate, thatyou are not compelled to disclose anything which maycriminate yourself/ Den 1 reckon 111 keep my mouf shet. Judge, was thewise reply. NOT THF FIRST TIME. Was it the girls father who broke off the engagement?-inquired Jenkins. No, replied the jilted lover, it was her little brother. 55 IMPOSING UPON THE POOR. IT all comes o bein poor. said an old lady, trembling withindignation, to her sick husband. I jist stopped in aminnit at the Riches to tell em as how you wasntgittin any better, and Mrs. Rich sed she was sorry,and wanted me to bring you a bottle of wine. Did you bring it ? asked the sick man eagerly. No ; 1 heard her say it had been layin down in the cellarever sence i8ss, an when she offered it to me 1 iistwalked off without savin a word. 56. 57 A* IN THE CATSKILLS. NXIOUS SISTER—Oh, mamma, call Freddy, or he willtumble off into the view ! A CHILLY EVENING. Unwelcome Suitor—Thats a lovely song! It always carries me —If I had known how much pleasure it could give us both, I would have sung it earlier in the was from Philadelphia, and it was not until the nextmorning, in the train, that he caught on, and his heartgrew sick as he viewed the kindly hint in the light of subse-quent events. HE CANT GET JUSTICE. Prisoner (to his lawyer)—Do you think I shall have iusticeshown me ? Lawyer —Im afraid you wont. You see Ive managed to gettwo men on the jury who are opposed to capital punish-ment. 58 A GOOD DFAL IN A NAMH. HOW is your new gns-metre comiiiK on. Jones—is it asuccess ? ?No, its :i failure ; I cant get anybody to touch it. What seems to be the trouble ? I was unfortunate in selecting a name for it : I musthave been a fool ! What do you call it? The Busy Bee. HE KNKW HE WAS RIGHT
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