. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. emed his he got home for the holidays, hismother said she would unpack his trunklor him. The first thing his mother took out of the trunk was an overcoat,and on it was pinned, he saw to hishorror, the pawnbrokers ticket that hehad forgotten to remove. Hastily grab-bing the ticket, he said: Hello! They must have forgotten totake this off at the Smith dance, whenI left it in the cloakroom. A moment later his mother took outhis evening trousers. They also had aticket on them. Why, Frank, she said, surelyyou didnt leave these in the cloakroom
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. emed his he got home for the holidays, hismother said she would unpack his trunklor him. The first thing his mother took out of the trunk was an overcoat,and on it was pinned, he saw to hishorror, the pawnbrokers ticket that hehad forgotten to remove. Hastily grab-bing the ticket, he said: Hello! They must have forgotten totake this off at the Smith dance, whenI left it in the cloakroom. A moment later his mother took outhis evening trousers. They also had aticket on them. Why, Frank, she said, surelyyou didnt leave these in the cloakroom,i,oo, did you? As Hartwell, a New York lawyer,stepped from the train to the platfoiTaof a little Virginia station, a negro por-ter advanced and touched his hat. Iknow yo is a drummer, suh. Show mewhere yo grips is, and Ill carry um upto the hotel. The lawyer smiled in a quizzical am a drummer, he said, but adrummer of brains. The porter sniffed suggestively as )iesaid: Huh^ fust time ever I see adrummer as didn t carry no samples!. Young Wife : How did you like thatfood ?, I cooked it myself. Peddler : Oh, please dont apologize!I was formerly a sword swallower !—Fliegende Blatter. When Robertson entered his sitting-room, lie found Trescott there, resplen-dent in full evening-dress, and helpinghimself to one of his—Robertsons—best cigars. Hallo! he said. Why the war-paint? THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE 149
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