Clark pushed the money back and subscribed and paid for two copies of the book.
The following bit from a letter of thanks is cherished by its recipient: “The beautiful clock you sent us came in perfect condition, and is now in the parlor on top of the book-shelves, where we hope to see you soon, and your husband, also, if he can make it convenient.”
Tourist (in French restaurant)—“This is awful! I’ve ordered three dishes from this menu and they are all potatoes!”
“Mistah Brown,” said the old colored woman, coming into the cross-roads store, “you ain’t got no spool-cotton number thirty, is you?”
“Why, aunt Sally, I didn’t say I didn’t have it, did I?”
“You go long, Mistah Brown. I didn’t ax you ’aint you got it?’ I axed you ‘is you’?—ain’t you?”