Show it su ted H m maggie mr a the gent what took me to the ball miss prim don t ever call a man a gent maggie it s merely short for a gentleman and it isn t good form at all magg e well he s short for a gen t eman and his form am t any too good philadelphia press why he doubted they wanted him to run tor office to strengthen the ticket but he de burred after this they urged you may take a higher flight still he held bad I 1 am not fitted to make a voyage in the political balloon he said why nota they ed I 1 haven t gas enough to keep the blamed thing afloat mo st living at Swamp hurst eha that s up the river isn t if yes are your grounds near the well sometimes they re as much as six inches from the surface and on rare occasions there s no water on them at all philadelphia ledger more act ve hicks oh I 1 ever even notice him any more wicks Is that soa hicks yes nothing d me more than a deadbeat wicks oh they don t bother me it s the live ones that make me tired in the element wiggles I 1 wonder what causes fuller to drink much of latea biggles oh he s trying to drown his troubles wiggles Is he meeting with sue cessa AIl ggles no tl ey can all swim full knowledge mrs gasman that man who ed in next door recently seems to know you pretty well mr gasman knows who I 1 am does hea mrs gayman more than that he sas he 1 what ou are both of the same mind towne I 1 met that fellow de bates today browne yes so he just told me towne talk about a man who won t list n to reason browne don t that s v hat he s just been talking about no cause for alarm anxious mother what are the in tensions tent ions of that young man who calls on you three times a weel 7 pretty daughter oh it doean doesn t mat ter in the least this Is leap year and I 1 know what my intentions are all right in boston mother emerson I 1 am ashamed that you have been engaged in vulgar fisticuffs emerson but mother he insisted on maintaining that the ean dramas were in reality the work of bacon some good in jt did dat last job yours do you any good asked the first burglar wei improve my education I 1 guess the man of the house was a book agent and before I 1 got away he made me buy a cyclopedia quest on and answer pop yes my son men don t need an eyeglass to look through do they no to be looked at same ahng say exclaimed the tough citizen as he lined up in front of the bar gamme a loaded acrobat data queried the barkeep anber full uv baisi seea re 0 o ned the thirsty party undoubtedly well posted bacon I 1 hear our uncle is to lee re on our great waterways what loes he know about waterways 7 p r i 1 street f r si e r beware of the V addy first man W ho s that little woman over there who s doing herself so well with oyster and champagne second man mrs the ch widow first man she s looking after num ber one pretty well second man Y es and she s also looking after number avio so beware miss antique I 1 wonder it I 1 shall ever live to be eighty miss not it you keep on being twenty six much longer more than he could stand how did you cure your husband of the club habith oh I 1 made a practice the next morning after of giving him ham and greasy fried potatoes with a liberal aprin sprin ling of rancid butter for break ta t it seemed to mal e him very regretful about something or other cur ous old world dis is a curious old worl said brother dickey how come asked br er williams well de higher up de turkey roosts de hungrier I 1 gits en de mo I 1 feel de rheumatism in my bones atlanta constitution A str ct grammarian you a great deal of your hus band dont youa said the visiting relative you have the wrong proposition answered mr s wife with the cold tone of the superior woman think for him of more importance it you refuse me I 1 shall never love another woman does that promise good it I 1 accept youa illustrated bits the mule and the hurricane queer things happen in georgia said the man I 1 remember a hurri cane that mowed a frisky mule I 1 had clean over the roof my house but the funny part of it auz the mule did more damage than the hurricane how did that happeny so mad he upset the chimney an kicked the roof off atlanta conati gutlon no chance for la there anything gained in voir many revolutions 9 asked the tourist no sir not a thing replied the native of the south american republic sadly but there would be it the mothr nations raise such an awful howl every time we confiscate any of the property of their citizens such a bother it Is da med that king adward has the finest wardrobe of any living monarch what a bother that must be A bothers es just think how much happier the man Is who has only to decide between the trousers he wore yester day and his sunday ones explained that woman in the second flat seems to be very fond of children why do ou think soa because she Is always asking them to come up to her flat to play oh that isn t due to her love ot children that s only because she hag a grudge against the woman in the first flat why she grieved who Is that attractive looking woman in blacka you mean the one in mourning why mrs jenkins you don t mean to say jenkins Is dead do you not at ill you see she married jenkins money and he a failed snapped up your re looking gloomy to day tomkins the mattera you know miss passee the old maid that lives down the way dawkins told me she was engaged to him so just for the fun of the thing I 1 proposed to her and she accepted me now I 1 m looking for dawkins gujt for an instant t you ever on an automo bilea yes once whose was it I 1 don t know I 1 was merely on the front dashboard for the fraction of a second and before I 1 could pick myself up it got away keep ng up appearances huband I 1 m going to take out a burglary insurance wife the good of thata A burglar would never come here for we ve nothing worth stealing husband I 1 know that but if we insure the neighbors will think that we have HAD A LARGE MOUTH jester won t you have some more ginger ale hester well then just a mouthful jester to waiter open another bottle of ginger ale the only way playing safe look here sir you have been calling on my daughter every night for the past six months but I 1 cant afford to get married sir and it I 1 call on any other girl I 1 m afraid I 1 might tall in love with her necessarily so their marriage vas a hasty I 1 understand yes indeed they told the minis ter to hurr as they had engaged a cabman by the hour judge nothing to H ader mrs highmore at intelligence of fice I 1 want a good cook first class references of course will be insisted upon matron of course let me see them please chicago tribune one on the doctors what s the use of an autopsy any vaya why it the doctors dont know a fel s dead they hold an autopsy an that kills h m far short on peace lots er aurrin war talk now said brother williams but thank de bawd we got peace at home brother dickey heaved a deep sieb and said fo god dats mo dan I 1 got find the joke he is one of the nouveaux Is be I 1 thought he was a european nobleman of a very old family that s it dion t have a cent until be got married judge her he after the proposal but I 1 m afraid I 1 am not good enough for you darling 7 she of course you are not but you are too good to be thrown a was on any other girl H s wife hears it never tell biggs anything that you don t want generally known why nota can t he keep a secreta I 1 should say not why he talks in his |