Förster:—“Now I have caught you—what are you doing here with that gun?”

Poacher:—“Oh, my! Herr Förster, I am so down on my luck, that I thought I’d just go into the woods and shoot—myself.”

A Gunner’s Memory

A:—“Have you heard the news? The Oberförster shot four deer yesterday!”

B:—“He told me he got two.”

A:—“Is that possible? Why, I spoke to him only about five minutes ago, at the Golden Star Inn.”

B:—“Oh, that explains it. I spoke to him half an hour ago.”

Improving Opportunities

Clerk (to his principal):—“Can I have this afternoon off, sir,—an old aunt of mine is to be buried?”