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Show Too Much for the Skunk. Mr. Cackle Berry vouches for the following fol-lowing story : A Frenchman, an Englishman, an Irishman and a German prisoner were In an argument as to which was the bravest. A Yank overheard the controversy and decided to settle it. Pointing to a near-by poultry house, he told them that there was a skunk Inside and asked the Irishman to step inside and see how long he could stand It. Tat did as he was told. In five minutes min-utes he came out. The Englishman followed, fol-lowed, but he stood It only four minutes. min-utes. The Frenchmnn next tried It, but five minutes was enough for him. It was the German's turn. He went in and the others waited. The minutes passed one two three four Ave six seven, but no German. Eight minutes ten the skunk came out. |