The moribund derelict thrust his black face from the mow, and showed his toothless gums in a grin, as he answered:
"An' a great git you got!"
TRIAL
The colored man was before the court, accused of horse-stealing. The prosecuting attorney read the indictment sternly, and then asked:
"Are you guilty, or not guilty?"
The prisoner wriggled perplexedly, and then grinned propitiatingly as he said:
"Now, suh, boss, ain't dat perzakly de ting we'se done gwine diskiver in dis-yere trial?"
TRIPLETS
When the domestic event was due, the prospective father, being ordered out of the house, celebrated the occasion with many friends in a number of saloons. He celebrated so well that the clock was striking three in the morning when he entered the house. A nurse hurried to him, and undid some wrappings that revealed three tiny faces. The father stared reproachfully at the clock in the hall, and then, again regarding his group of children, spoke earnestly:
"Oi'm not superstitious, but Oi thank hivin Oi didn't come home at twelve!"