Part 35 (2/2)

Animosity evidently has it in for some of the others.

Surmise ought to keep a lot of them guessing.

BROWN--What kind of a cigar is that, old man?

JONES--It's called ”The Soldier Boy.”

BROWN--H'm, I notice it belongs to the ranks.

”Can I sell you a nice cheap trunk to-day?” asked a dealer.

”And what the d.i.c.kens do Oi be after wantin' a thrunk?”

”To put your clothes in, of course!”

”And go naked? Not a bit iv it!”

We are told that ”Gen. Sherman was always coolest when on the point of attack.” Most people are hottest when on the point of a tack.

”I wish the hot weather would come along,” sighed the thermometer. ”People are beginning to look upon me as a thing of low degree.”

”I wouldn't stand for that if I were you. Why don't you call him a liar?”

”That's just what I'll do. Where, where is your telephone?”

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