Show THE JESTER 4 4 the eternal mother in law have you heard that johnsons quite well again no ile he was cured quite suddenly how well he overheard his mother inlaw in law asking his wife it if his life insurance policy was all right and within an hour johnson was up and going about the same as ever A question of color how lucky said sirs mrs that I 1 happened to pass that cigar sale this morning these cigars are exactly the shade of georges new smoking jacket and the smart little green bands around them will go with the lining beautifully men never consider these little things A bride and groom story THE GROOM what are you think ing about THE BRIDE 1 I was thinking it if your father and mother had never met or mine had bad never met or we had never been born or loved each other or or something how dreadful everything would have been even in babyhood YOUNG MOTHER now harold whom do you love most papa or me LITTLE HAROLD papa YOUNG MOTHER but yesterday you said you loved me most LITTLE HAROLD yes though tAt over over since and decided that th at we wc men must stick toge together ther J A natural boss Is there a moral to this story I 1 do not know if there is it must be that the long arm sometimes overreaches in making a bargain with a negro for cleaning up a certain ladys back yard in richmond the negro said in his dis persuasive and mel voice ill do the job nice for you mass ill pull out all the dead weeds cut off the ol 01 grass rake it and fix it up and cart away all the plunder for ye I 1 has to hire a man to do that and has to hire a man to help me andI and I 1 wont charge you but five dollars that seemed excessive so the lady took refuge behind the adaptable phrase ill see next morning bright and early she was awakened by gentle sounds of snipping and clipping and rose to discover an antiquated darky with gray whiskers and baht bc nt back hard at work among the weeds of the back yard two hours later the lady who had quite forgotten the old gentleman who looked like the strong hope of a revival meeting heard groans and mutterings rings floating in at the back windows 1 f what Is the matter she asked of the whiskered antique Is you seen dat culled man roun yere aln ain he comin roun dis als maw I 1 done finish djs dis yere job an a man done cart off do plunder an I 1 wants to gli git my money and go to another job how flow much does the colored man give you I 1 might pay you and let you go said the lady all sympathy well miss the man what done the cartin lone done it fer the plunder but my works worth a quarter an he done tol me hed give it tome the lady paid dye and bye when the hands of the clock had crept around to the hours of 0 the lazy the original colored 1 man I 1 appeared 4 t he come did he aln ain he done ills his job to suit bialt you he asked with the sauve dignity of 0 a contractor yes and I 1 paid him and he has gone I 1 the negro looked expectant yet perplexed that is all you may go fold fald the lady yes miss but heeln how it is you paid the man so ill make the job cheap for you I 1 wont charge you but two colars |