"Yes'm. What else?"

"A couple of cans of condemned milk."

"Yes'm."

"And a bag of fresh salt—be sure it's quite fresh."

"That's down, ma'am—anything more you can think of?"

"Why, yes, you might send a pound of desecrated codfish."

"Nothing more, ma'am—we have just received a fresh lot of nice horseradish which I can recommend."

"Not to-day, thank you. We don't keep a horse."

When she went out that man filed the order without even a smile upon his face.