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JOKES AND NEAR JOKES.
Nancy Blair, Editor.
The son of an eminent preacher was greatly interested in the story of Adam and Eve. One night the child seemed very restless, tossing and turning in his crib. The father leaned over him, asking: "My child, what is the matter? Why don't you go to sleep?"
"Oh, Father, I can't! I've got such a pain in my ribs. I'm awful 'fraid God is sending me a wife."
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Little Anne, aged five, was asked what she was fasting on during Lent. She answered, "Washing my hands."
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A little girl who had never been to a wedding was greatly excited when one was going on across the street. She was especially interested in the little flower girls as they tripped out of the carriage in their dainty white frocks.
"Mother!" she exclaimed. "If Daddy dies, will you marry again?"