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Show 'Twas Ever Thus. A lawyer was cross-examining an old German about the position of the loors, windows, and so forth, in a house in which a certain transaction occurred. "And now, my good man," said the lawyer, "will you be good enough to tell the court how the stairs run in the bouse?" The German looked dazed and unsettled un-settled for a moment. "How do the stairs run?" he queried. "Yes, how do the stairs run?" "Veil," continued the witness, after a moment's thought, "ven I am oop-etairs oop-etairs dey run down, and ven I am down-stairs dey run oop." |