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Show WIT OF DOUGLAS JERROLD. Responsible for Famous Impromptu That Will Live Long. .. T P. O Connor sn)s Douglas Jcr-ro" Jcr-ro" "s impromptus are the smartest ho can it-eHli. They have til tho special m"lt of that brevity which 'Is tho t-o'-! or wit.' When a prosy old bore tstr-nui .lerrold, who was hurrying on tirr-Ml btirl-iess along Regent street, wl'li the v stlon. "Well, Jerrold, my ih"" hoy, what Is going on?" "I am," re'nrled Jerrold, shooting past like nn arrow fiom a how. Asked to contribute contri-bute to a thlul subscription which wns being got up for a reckless Grub stieet w i Iter, Jerrold cried Impatiently, Impatient-ly, "how much does the fellow want this time?" "Well, this time I think-just think-just four nnd two noughts will put him straight " "Put me down for one of the noughts." A lHW)er, replying to the toast of his health drunk at a dinner .if artists, stammered out that he i"ii not expect this honor, as law touJcl hardly he considered one of tho arts, whereupon lerrold Interjected one word nnl), "Mack." |