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Show SmiWy usT Uhl - BAD MARKS Little Bobby returned home from school the other day looking very much the worse for wear. "I've been fighting," he replied to his mother's question. "But why?" she asked, aa sh bathed his damaged eye. "All because I allowed a boy in the class to copy my arithmetic problems," prob-lems," replied Bobby. "What I" exclaimed mother. 'Do you mean to say that this boy fought you Just because you allowed him to copy your work?" "Yes, mother," said the boy miser-ably. miser-ably. "Ton see, they were all wrong." WRONG SURGERY The doctor shook his head doubtfully. doubt-fully. "Tell me, what exactly Is wrong with you?" he asked his patient. "I can't explain It," said the patient pa-tient wearily. "I only know I suffer." The doctor nodded. "What kind of life do you lead?" he asked. "I work like an ox, I cat like a wolf, I'm as tired as a dog at the end of the dayv and I sleep like a horse," replied the other. "ITm," said the doctor, "In that case I should advise you to go and see a veterinary surgeon." Suits Him Visitor You don't mean to tell me that you have lived in this out-of-the-way place for over 30 years? Inhabitant I 'ave. Visitor But, really, I cannot see what you can find to keep you busy. Inhabitant Neither can I that's why I like it! Vancouver Province. Hubby's Luck Mrs. Heck I wonder, Mrs. Peck, If I could borrow your rug-beater. Mrs. Peck I'm sorry, Mrs. Heck, but he doesn't get home ' till five o'clock. Proof Positive "So you think you must have a forgiving for-giving nature." "I must have. I always go back to the same dentist." |