"Oh, isn't she a mean thing!" gasped Katherine. "Why, I told her not to tell you!"
"Well," returned Margaret, "I told her I wouldn't tell you she told me—so don't tell her I did."
GIVE US THE CHANCE
When Booth Tarkington was visiting Naples he was present at an eruption of Vesuvius.
"You haven't anything like that in America, have you?" said an Italian friend with pride.
"No, we haven't," replied Tarkington; "but we've got Niagara Falls that would put the d——d thing out in five minutes."
A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE!
We often take delight in fancying what we would do if things were really reversed in this oftentimes trying world: and particularly what we would do to the president of our bank. Here is a little story which gives the pleasant variety:
"I have come in to borrow some money from you," said the bank president timidly, as he stood before one of his depositors, nervously twirling his hat in his hand.
"Ah, yes," said the depositor, gazing at him severely. "But you don't expect to get it, do you?"