Part 41 (1/2)

”Was.h.i.+ngton was born on Friday, and so was Napoleon and Tennyson and Gladstone.”

”Yes, and every mother's son of them is dead!”

”Are you an amateur photographer?”

”No. Why do you ask?”

”Oh, I heard that you got Miss Rox's negative last night.”

Pat and Mike each wanted to be first up on St. Patrick's Day.

PAT--”If I'm up first I'll make a chalk mark on the door.”

MIKE--”And if I get up first I'll rub it out!”

SIBLY--When Steve proposed to me he acted like a fish out of water.

TIRPIE--Why shouldn't he? He knew he was caught.

SHE--Why do they call it an arm of the sea?

HE--Because it hugs the sh.o.r.e, I guess.

The suns.h.i.+ne warm and budding trees, Made Johnny feel quite gay.

He went to swim--the obsequies Are being held to-day.

”What's the matter, John? You look kind o' weather-beaten this morning.”

”That's exactly what I am. I bet five dollars it would rain yesterday, and it didn't!”

”Can you swim, little boy?”