Part 5 (1/2)
YOUNG M.D.--That jig is up.
OLD M.D.--What do you mean?
YOUNG M.D.--That fellow with St. Vitus's dance died this morning.
”Do you think that as a rule people who attend theaters are superst.i.tious?”
”Do I think so? I know it. I have seen people sit for an hour waiting for a ghost to walk.”
”For that matter the actors themselves often wait longer than that.”
”Here's an account of a hen which layed three eggs at once, and then died,” remarked Mrs. Sumway.
”From over-eggsertion, probably,” commented her husband.
”What is the best way to raise cabbage?”
”With a knife and fork.”
”Why is Miss B---- wearing black?”
”She is in mourning for her husband.”
”Why, she never had a husband!”
”No, that is why she mourns.”
”Dearest,” she murmured, ”I'm so afraid you'll change.”
”Darling,” he answered, ”you'll never find any change about me.”
”What's the matter here?” asked a stranger of a small boy, as he noticed a large wedding party coming out of a church on Fifth avenue.