TACTFUL SYMPATHY
Genial Friend. "Hullo, old man, getting on all right?"
Our artist, while staying in the country, thinks it would be a good opportunity for studying calves.
Yachting Man. "Well, I always said you were a plucky fellow, Splinter; but really, now, I did not give you credit——"
Splinter (not displeased). "How do you mean?"
Yachting Man. "Why, with your spars, to put out in such a gale o' wind as this."