‘Some friends put him on the car and telephoned the people with whom he lives to meet him at the end of the line,’ replied counsel for the plaintiff.
‘Continue.’
‘Paslovsky,’ declared the interpreter, ‘says he picked up this picture from the floor of the car—a snapshot of a sailor and a girl.’
‘Case dismissed,’ thundered the Judge, ‘and don’t ever bring another like that into this court.’
[‘Why was His Honor justified in so abruptly dismissing the suit for damages?’]
asked Professor Fordney of his class in criminology.
32
Death Attends the Party
‘He had a big party last night,’ said Graves, the valet.
‘Certainly looks like it,’ retorted Professor Fordney, as he surveyed the crazily balanced glasses, overflowing ash-trays, and liquor rings on the small, fragile antique table at which Carlton Dawes sat.
‘It was awful, sir. Just as I turned to say “good night” to him, he lifted his revolver, fired and toppled over.’