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Show No Need A rather well-known Southern lawyer was appointed judge in the district he had served for so many years. One of his first cases was that of an old Negro who was charged with stealing a ham from a rotisserie. It so happened that the judge had defended the old Negro on numerous occasions when he was a lawyer. "Well, Ras'," the newly-appointed judge observed rather sadly, "I see you're in trouble again." "Yassuh, boss," agreed the white-haired darky, "but yo ain't gwine to defen' me dis time, is yo'?" "No, I'm not. Do you want me to get another lawyer for you?" "No, suh, thank yo'. 1 ain't gonna hab a lawyer dis time. I'se gwine to tell de troof." Naturally An explorer had been marooned for several weeks in the wilds of Canada. After a month or so of recuperation he was asked to describe his harrowing experiences, experi-ences, at a social gathering. One of the ladies asked him: "How in the world did you ever get home?" "Well, it was hard sledding," he admitted. "How is that?" she asked. ''There wasn't any snow," he replied. |