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Show A GATHERING OF MIRTH Mamma "Why did you run off from school and spend the whole day rowing about the river?" Boy "Papa said he wanted me to prepare for college." Good News. Frien-d "Trouble with your wife, eh? What rock did your domestic ship split on?" Spinks "None at all. Hadn't rocks enough; that was the difficulty." N. Y. Weekly. "What do you mean by saying you want to speak to me on business when you only want to borrow some money?" "Excuse me, but borrowing money is my business!" Fliegende Blatter. Carbothers "I can't say that I particularly par-ticularly admire the girl of the period." Waite "You don't? I guess you never contrasted her with the girl of the interrogation in-terrogation point." N. Y. Herald. Junior Partner (when the expert had finished his examination of Mr. Lejjer's books) "la. he short in his accounts?" Expert "No, sir; it's his cash which is short." Detroit Free Press. i. Church-Worker "And how did you like the singing of the choir?" Visiting Stranger (anxious to be polite) "Well, the members didn't allow their efforts to be diverted by the mere mechanical accuracy of the organ." N. Y. Tribune. |