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Show Realistic Judge A CLERK was drawn for jury duty, but he asked the judge to excuse him. "We're very busy at the office just now," he explained, "and I've got to be there." "So you think your employer can't get along without you, eh?" queried the judge. ' 'No, Your Honor, " replied the man. "I think he can, but I don't want him to find it out." "Excused," said the judge. Human Measuring Worm At dusk, Eph came in from the field to find his friend, Erasmus, waiting for him. "Golly, but I sho am tired," Eph complained. "Whut you-all been a-doin'?" asked Erasmus. "Well, you see," explained Eph, "Paw's been a-settin' out fence posts, an' I'm jest five feet tall. So I been a-layin' down an' a-gettin' up an' a-layin' down and a-gettin' up all around his 10-acre field, so's he could measure them posts 10 feet apart!" |