CUMULATIVE!
Tourist (on Scotch steamer). "I say, steward, how do you expect anybody to dry their hands on this towel? It's as wet as if it had been dipped in the sea!"
Steward. "Aweel—depped or no depped, there's a hundred fouk hae used the toowl, and ye're the furrst that's grummelt!"
The Margate excursion boat arrives at 2.30 p.m., after a rather boisterous passage.
Ticket Collector (without any feeling). "Ticket, sir! Thankye, sir! Boat returns at 3!"
Mothers Pet.
"Oh, there's ma on the beach, looking at us, Alfred; let's make the boat lean over tremendously on one side!"