§ 352 Already Showing Signs of Use
“Well,” said the friendly grocer, “I hear you’ve got a little baby brother up at your house. What do you think of him?”
“I don’t like him,” said Mildred frankly. “He’s got a funny red face and he cries all the time.”
“Well,” asked the grocer, “why don’t you send him back where he came from?”
“Oh, I’m afraid we couldn’t do that,” she said. “We’ve used him two days already.”
§ 353 A Hint to the Wise Is Ample
Here of late as all readers of the daily press know, the Ku Klux Klan has been rather active in parts of the state of Arkansas. In a small town north of Little Rock, the colored population has been much exercised over the midnight marches and the occasional visitations of the masked brotherhood.
In this town two negroes met. One of them said:
“Look yere, Henery, whut would you do ef you wuz to git a notice from them ole Ku Kluxes?”
“Me?” said Henry. “I’d finish readin’ it on de train!”