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Show A Willing Subject. 1 The train was just about to move out of the I station, when an elderly female hurried up and B sat herself down in the smoking carriage. She did not discover her mistake for some minutes, B as she was too busy regaining her breath. Presently Pres-ently she noticed the man beside her puffing away on a more than black cigar. Then did she call the conductor, and asked him if there was any room in any other part of the train. He replied that every seat was taken. With a sigh she relapsed re-lapsed into her seat. The clouds of smoke at her side grew thicker and thicker, until she almost choked. At last, with a withering look at the man beside her, she burst out: "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison you!" With a smile the man took the cigar from his mouth. "Madam," he replied, "if you were my wife I would take the draught willingly!" New York Telegraph. |