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Show How She Described It. After the callers had departed the mother took the little '-le aside. "It isn't polite to sr'-ak of a stomach-ache before people," she e-plained. e-plained. "It shows you have been eating eat-ing too much." The little one pondered this for soma time. "Is a backache polite?" she asked after a while. "Well, it isn't quite so bad to say you have a backache," was the reply. The little one promised to remember, remem-ber, and she did. The next time there was company to dinner she announced at the conclusion: "I've got a backache back-ache that's worked clean through." Might Have One That Was Suitable, Binks You haven't got a half a dollar dol-lar you want to lend me, have you, old man? Jinks I don't litink so. Just wait a minute, though, and I'll look 'em over. Properly Classified. "We've been having a little dispute as to the difference between courage and foolhardiness, and we have decided decid-ed to leave It to you." "Well, state your case." ,fHow would you classify a man who walked into a powder mill smoking a pipe? If that doesn't require courags, what does it require?" "Nothing at all." "Nothing at all?" "That's it. The less a fellow has of everything, including brains, the more likely he is to do it.You couldn't ea.ll "Em foolhardy without flattering him." An Increase. Smith I hear you are the father of a bouncing boy. Let me congratulate Xu. Jones I'm the father of two bouncing bounc-ing boys; twins, you know. Smith Ah, indeed! Then permit me to extend- my congratulations. One Includes the Other. ' "Which do you think should be more highly esteemed, money or brains?" "Brains," answered Makecash. "But nowadays the only way a man can convince people that he has brains is to get money." Stray Stories. Too Stingy. Casey Av all the close fishted ould misers that iver Oi see Dolan's the worst. Cassidy Oh, 'tis the family trait wid him. ' Casey The family trait? Nonsense! Shure, he'd niver trait wan man, let alone a family. A Sense of Justioe. "I don't see why you should resent being called a self-made man." "Because I believe in fair play," answered an-swered Mr. Meekton. "I won't see the credit taken away from Henrietta in that manner." The Correct Way. His Adored Oh, Gawge! Possibly you didn't approach Papa properly? Gawge I realize that. I ought to have approached him from behind with an ax! Marked for Her Own. Mistress "Jane, who vrs the man I saw in your company last evening?" jane "Oh. that was the son of my intended mother-in-law, ma'am." |