"Give up playing golf—that's too bad," I remarked, whereupon he hastily turned upon me and said:

"Na, na, gie up the meenistry."

Feeling in high spirits when I entered my favorite restaurant yesterday, I asked the proprietor at the desk:

"Do you serve lobsters here?"

"Why, of course we do—have a seat. Now, what'll you have," was the reply.

That man knew me for sure.

The girl who waited on me began to rattle off a list of dishes which were on the menu.

Perhaps I was partly to blame, since I had asked: