Part 28 (1/2)
”Yes, that is what I remarked.”
”That's queer,” said the clerk, ”you're the fourth man to-day who thought I owned this hotel.”
”I know a man who says he can't sit down and he can't stand up.”
”Well, if he tells the truth, he lies.”
Mirrors reflect without speaking and women often speak without reflecting.
A mechanic his labor will often discard, If the rate of his pay he dislikes: But a clock-and its case is uncommonly hard-- Will continue to work though it _strikes_!
”I don't think my religion will be any obstacle to your church,”
he urged; ”I am a spiritualist.”
”I am afraid it will,” she replied ”Pa is a prohibitionist, you know.”
”One day in the dining-car, the boy across the aisle got to laughing so, he couldn't stop. I said to his mother, 'that boy needs a spanking.' She said, 'well, I don't believe in spanking a boy on a full stomach.' I said, 'neither do I. Turn him over-'”
The tramp should never complain of hunger when he can always enjoy a little loaf.
”My face is my fortune, sir,” she said, But her suitor saw right through her; She meant she could not cash a check, Unless the banker knew her.
”I understand that Judge Brown is breaking up housekeeping.”
”That can't be. He's very busy these days deciding divorce cases.”
”Well, isn't that what I said?”