The mother shook her head.
"Anyhow," Alice declared, "I'm tickled we have such a fine doctor."
HEREDITY
The woman, who had a turn-up nose and was somewhat self-conscious concerning it, bought a new pug dog, and petted it so fondly as to excite the jealousy of her little daughter.
"How do you like your new little brother?" she asked the child teasingly.
The girl replied, rather maliciously, perhaps:
"He looks just like his muvver."
HIGH PRICES
Two men were talking together in the Public Library. One of them said:
"The dime novel has gone. I wonder where it's gone to?"