"Well, what impressed you most?"
"Well, suh, boss," he said, "Ah reckin hit waz dat dere animul you calls de camuel."
"The camel, eh? Well, what was so remarkable about the camel?"
"He suttinly is got such a noble smell!"
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"May I ask the cause of all this excitement?" asked the stranger in the little village.
"Certainly," replied the countryman. "We're celebrating the birthday of the oldest inhabitant sir. She's a hundred and one to-day."
"Indeed! And may I ask who is that little man, with the dreadfully sad countenance, walking by the old lady's side?"
"Oh, that's the old lady's son-in-law, sir. He's been keeping up the payments on her life-insurance for the last thirty years!"