"Why are you dressed like that?" asked the judge, both amazed and amused.
The boy took from his pocket the summons and pointed solemnly to the words: "To appear in his father's suit."
The prosecuting attorney had encountered a somewhat difficult witness. Finally he asked the man if he was acquainted with any of the men on the jury.
"Yes, sir," announced the witness, "more than half of them."
"Are you willing to swear that you know more than half of them?" demanded the lawyer.
"Why, if it comes to that, I'm willing to swear that I know more than all of them put together."
"Do you understand what you are to swear to?" asked the court as a not over-intelligent looking negro took the witness stand.
"Yes, sah, Ah does. Ah'm to sweah to tell de truf."