“EVEN SUPPOSING.”
Bleak House Boy (to Digby, who set out to enjoy in quietness a sand and sun bath): “Supposin’ I wuz to tell you the entire willage is gone on a pic-nic, an’ supposin’ I wuz to brace you for fifty cents, an’ then supposin’ you cussed a bit an’ refused to giv’ it, wot’d you do supposin’ I set my dog on you?”
A HOLIDAY DREAM.
Em’ly: “Yer see I wuz carried away on a yaller cloud into a big open blue place where there wuz nothin’ but dolls—blondes, bluenettes, niggers, an’ Chinese; and Santa Claus took me by the hand an’ led me up to one o’ the most beautifullest dolls I ever seen, all gold lace an’ spangles, an’ it could talk an’ sing, too. (In rapture): Oh, it wuz too loverly for anythink! An’ Santa Claus wuz just puttin’ it into my hands when I woked up!”
Chorus: “Oh, what a shame! Didn’t yer want ter die?”
A MOMENT OF ENVY.
Boy (from Country Circus tent): “Hey fellers, run home an’ get de money to come in even if yer have ter steal it! It’s immense! De clown’s a-standin’ on his head an’ de baby elephant’s a-chuckin’ a pint o’ pop corn into his ears! Don’t yer wish’ t yer wuz me?”
