Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-04 | Page 20 | Midocean Repartee

REPARTEE evidence that Englishmen are A AS not without a dry sense ense of or humor the time Marquis of ot told the following story during his New ew York visit Two Englishmen n were pa paying ing court to the same American girl Americans girl on a trans a-trans- trans transatlantic atlantic trim trio tl n q h h were placed tl on oil cither either side of hers i and every even fair Calr da day the rivals would I I sit for hours with the fair Cair American each cach tr trying ln to cut the other out One or the two was notoriously ous ou The rIme men spoke of him as one who had ha never bought a drink in his life IlCe and his stinginess was manifested man mal even in I the way he lie smoked his cigars cis-aI's down to the the- thelast last quarter of or an inch O One Omme morning the English tightwad tightwad tight wad while monopolizing the American Ameri Amen can girl j el entire tire attention smoked a cigar until It began to singe his hig mus mus- tache The other chap watch watched cd him languidly as he lie arose arose to tOES tots the tin tiny cigar ar stump overboard As he re returned returned returned re- re turned from the rall rail his rival drew his pipe from roam his mouth an and observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served er x xI I say old chap I t do hope that wont won't get In t the e. e propeller Ex v Ex I change e.