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Show h s father welcome him. "I'm very ' ' glad yon vo worked vour way up " The boy .tared nncomprchendlngly. fcisie anys you're in the second row now, his father continued, hi explanation. expla-nation. "Course." replied the youngster, im-pertuTbahly. im-pertuTbahly. -We're all In the second row-the bottom bench's being painted. paint-ed. Youth's Companion. , He Ought to Have Known. "Do you love rne well enough to marry rue. dear?" "How can you ask tsat, Henry, when I love you well enough to risk my life In your machine?" Boston Herald. Cleanliness Before Hole-lnesa. Waiter (to gentleman who la look-ins look-ins at napkin full of holes) I'll bring you another one, sir. Diner Never mind. The hole seem to bo clean. Boston Transcript. Airy Persiflage. Passenger on Aeroplane What's that ding-donging noise? Can It bo the cow bells on the Milky Way? Aviator No; that's only Saturn's rings. Boston Transcript. Taking No Chances. Highland Ferryman (during momentary mo-mentary lull in the storm) I'm thenkln', sir, I'll just tack wer fare. There's no sayln' what mich happen tac us. Punch. A Revelation. "Ah, sir, wc do enjoy your sermons,' remarked an old lady to a new curate. cur-ate. "They are so instructive. We never knew what sin was until you came to the parish." Sacred Heart Review. JUST FOR FUN Trials of a Host. "I suppose you will give some elaborate elab-orate entertainments this winter?" "Ym," answered Mr. Comrox. "1 think we'll improve on tho&e of last season." I "Weren't they all successful?" "Nope It was my fault. I tried to make everybody have a good time, and the first thing I knew mother and the girls were complaining beeauee they weren't sufficiently high class and formal." Washington Star. Worse. "So you don't think advertising paya'" "Nope; I advertised for a wife onco., "And failed .to get. one?" "Nope; got one." Houston Post. A Suggestion That Silenced '"Your husband never says a word a-bout economizing," said one woman. wom-an. "No," answered the other. "He used to mention It, but whenever he did so I ofTpred to do the cooking." Washington Star. Unexpected Promotion, Benny's intellectual achievements were far from notable but In the eyes of his small sinter ho was none "tho less a wonderful personage. She keenly resented allusions to his lengthy leng-thy stay in the last desk row at school, although Benny himself took quite a cheerful and philosophical view of tho matter. One afternoon the little girl appeared, ap-peared, flushed and ranting, in tho library doorway. "Daddy," she exclaimed, "you promised prom-ised Benny n dollar when he got moved mov-ed off the bottom bench, and now he's up In tho next row with me and." Penny himself entered Just then, In his usual unconcerned way "Wny, what's this I hear, my son?" |