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Show "Ila! ha! ha!" lanyhed Hog try M-. man, -ha! Im! ha!" and he Mitri'vl uj otinr suit into his overcrowded v.,;;. .. "Well, old man," said Li, of.-chum, of.-chum, who was helping him p ; . "what Io you find ao funny in v ' thoughts just now? A penny for-the-m.' "Oil, they're worth more they're r:i.: such a joke! Ha! ha!" "Explain, or I'll dump the conu ms ; ! this valise on the floor again." "Do you see that box?'' "Yes, old man; what of iff "It's full of Christmas presents.'7 "Oh, come off; you're crowding ti.t season." "Wait a bit. They're tny ChriMiii;-'-presents. Thai's the joke. Say?'' "Yes, old man." "You know I have a cousin Jenny V Jackson?" "Yes." "She's in the joke; and there's rr married sister Era at LanMnsr. tu-L'ob's tu-L'ob's wife at Ponriac, aud Lil and K- ' they are oilier fellows' fei.-t.erg. f.)h how I do hue those girls, and they every one, will a Christmas pres-oi out of that box." "Why, what's in it?" "The presents they sent me even Christmas for tho past six years. l!,t ha!" "But what, are they?" "Have patience. They'll save me a lot of money." "Tell me, so I can adojit tho kum" scheme." "I'll send them back all their owtt presents. Ha, ha!" "But, for heaven's Eako, what are they?" "Suspenders, man! Embroidered suspenders! sus-penders! Ha! ha! Revenge is sivni! Ha! ha! ha!" Detroit Free Press. |
