Landlady:—“Well, you see, first I fetched it from the tailor, and afterwards the sheriff fetched it from your room.”
The Tell-tale Ticket
The end of the term has arrived. Freshman Muller has managed, by coaxing all his uncles and aunts, to scrape enough capital together, to rescue his dress suit and overcoat from the pawnshop and is now on his way home. The following morning, when the first joy of having him at home again has subsided, his mother begins to look over his clothes. She finds in his overcoat the ominous pawnshop number, and sending for her son, she asks sharply:
“What does this number mean?”
“Why, at the last University ball I left the coat in the dressing-room, and I suppose they stuck the number on.”
Only half satisfied with this explanation, his mother dismisses him, but soon after sends for him once more.
“Now then, I wish to know if you left your trousers also in the dressing-room at that last ball?”
Wonderful Knowledge
Professor:—“What causes the Northern Light?”