After dinner stories by famous men : . ollars. Five dollars? Thats not nuuh for a good-sized calf. Yes, but, mister, the calf wasnt mine. By Famous ^Nlen 27 SENATOR ASH-URST, of Arizona,?was talking of a fel-low Senator whohad been sitting onthe political fencefor some time witligreat skill. Hereminds me, saidSenator Ashurst, of an incident thatfollowed the killingof Jesse James, theoutlaw. A stranger en-tered the morgueand, raising his hat in an exceedingly j)o]ite manner to the morguekeeper, said, Sir, would you do me a very greatfavour.^ Will you permit me to see all that ismortal of the ho
After dinner stories by famous men : . ollars. Five dollars? Thats not nuuh for a good-sized calf. Yes, but, mister, the calf wasnt mine. By Famous ^Nlen 27 SENATOR ASH-URST, of Arizona,?was talking of a fel-low Senator whohad been sitting onthe political fencefor some time witligreat skill. Hereminds me, saidSenator Ashurst, of an incident thatfollowed the killingof Jesse James, theoutlaw. A stranger en-tered the morgueand, raising his hat in an exceedingly j)o]ite manner to the morguekeeper, said, Sir, would you do me a very greatfavour.^ Will you permit me to see all that ismortal of the honourable Jesse James. WJiy, sure, rej)lied the morgue keeper, as hewalked to the marble slab and pulled down thesheet which covered the dead robber. The strangergazed earnestly at the remains and then, replacingIlls hat, lie started to leave. Just I iiKuninl, the morgue keeper, willyou tell me wliy you ealled the dead man tlie lion-ourabh Jesse James ? lieeaiise, sir, replied the stranger, I wasnt<|uitc certain he was 28 After Dinner Stories SEWELL FORD tells this one about a neighbourof his at Barncgat on the New Jersey coast: It was a very dark night and my friend wasriding home on his bicycle, which was miiuis alamp. He came to a cross-roads, and was in doubtwhich way to turn. After some fumbling in hispocket he found a lone match, and with it in histeeth he proceeded to scale tlie sign })ost to readthe names of the two forking lanes. The pole wasan unusually high one, but he managed to reach thetop, and striking his match read the words, * WetPahit. JOB HEDGES, the well-known New York law-yer, is perhaps better known for his after-dinnerwit. The following is one of his anecdotes: Pat and Mike were sleeping at a farm got hungry in the niglit and slipped out ofthe room without awakening Pat. Whar you been, Mike.^ Pat demanded asMike re-entered the room. Sure an Oi was afther bein down to thepanthry to git a bite to ate. Patsy, boy, Mikewhispered cau
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