"I should be deeply obliged to you," returned the landlord.
"Well, then, once a week make out your bill and charge the rats as you've charged me, and I'll be hanged if the rats ever come to your house again," said Hobbyhead.
Would you believe it, that landlord was hurt.
Some people never can take a joke.
Recently I came across a young fellow employed on a daily paper, and whom I have known some time.
As a usual thing he was a happy-go-lucky, cheerful chap, and I was surprised to see the dejected look on his face.
Remember, too, he had been only recently married, and to a charming girl, at that.
I immediately experienced some curiosity to know what had upset him.
"Hello, old chap!" I said. "You look glum. Nothing happened, eh? Not fired?"