Two street sweepers, seated on a curbstone, were discussing a comrade who had died the day before.
"Bill certainly was a good sweeper," said one.
"Y-e-s," conceded the other thoughtfully. "But don't you think he was a little weak around the lamp-posts?"
DIDN'T WANT TO ROB HIM
His face was pinched and drawn. With faltering footsteps he wended his way among the bustling Christmas crowd.
"Kind sir," he suddenly exclaimed, "will you not give me a loaf of bread for my wife and little ones?" The stranger regarded him not unkindly. "Far be it from me," he rejoined, "to take advantage of your destitution. Keep your wife and little ones; I do not want them."
HIS GENEROSITY
A "Tommy," lying in a hospital, had beside him a watch of curious and foreign design. The attending doctor was interested.
"Where did your watch come from?" he asked.
"A German give it me," he answered.