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Show TWICE TOLD TALES. In an English court, recently, t man was fined 2 for contempt oi court. Ho offered a note In pay ment, but was told by tho clork thai bo had no change. "Oh, keep tin change," wns tho reply; "I'll tako li out In contempt." A Frenchwoman waB complaining to her husband that ho was too much of a bookworm, that ho retired toe often to his study, leaving her to spend many evenings alone. "I wish," sho ended, plaintively, "that I woro a book. Then I might nlways have your company." "In that case, my dear," tho Frenchman answered, "I'd wish you woro an almnnac. Then I could chnngo you onco a year." |