Very Serious.
"Husband, I've got a very serious thing to tell you."
"What is it, Laura?"
"Oh, it's dreadful, it's about Johnny."
"What has he been doing?"
"Well, he came into the house this morning, and what do you think—he was chewing tobacco."
"Pshaw! Don't give me such a turn again, Laura. I didn't know but he had been chewing gum."
—N. Y. News.