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Show SIMPLE MATTER TO ARRANGE All Colored Woman Had ti Do Wag to Go Home and Wait i i.; Her Next Husband. A colored woman entered a police station and asked the sergeai t at the desk : "Does you gin any advice here?" "Sometimes we do," was the reply. "Den I want you to gin me some. I has got a husband, but he don't amount to much. He has got it in h's head dat he wants to go lip in de air wid one of dose (lyiu' machines. If he goes up am he liable to fall?" "Yes, he is sure to," replied the sergeant. "An' will be killed?" "Yes, certainly he will he killed." "An den I will be a willow?" "Yes." "An' arter a y'ar some sinarl cull'd man will want to marry me. Now, den, would you encourage my husband to fly?" "Yes, I think so." "All right, den," said the colored lady as she made for the door. "I wilt go right home nn' encourage my husband hus-band to go up among de cloud-) an' den I will sit down and wait fur my I next husband." Exchange. |