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Show Double or Nothing "Now is as good a time as any," said Teeter, senior, as he stood at a bar with his son, "to teach you a few facts of life. Remember, a man who drinks beyond his capacity ca-pacity is no gentleman. To enjoy life you must observe the happy medium. Have a drink occasionally, occasional-ly, but never, never get drunk." "Yes, sir," replied his dutiful son, "but how am I to know when I am drunk?" "Well, you see those two men sitting in the corner," said his father, "if you were to see four, you'd know you were drunk " "I can see only one there now, father," grinned the young man. Meticulous Nobody ever imagined that the-serious-minded and somber-faced editor of dictionaries would flirt, least of all his wife. But one day-she day-she found him kissing the maid and exclaimed: "Why, John, I'm surprised!" He retorted: "Not you, my dear I am surprised; sur-prised; you are astonished." |