"This bill was innocent on its face, but beneath there lurked a most sinister significance."
The speaker, Senator Clarke, was discussing in Little Rock a measure of which he disapproved.
"The bill reminded me, in fact," he said, "of a Little Rock, urchin's question. His question, innocent enough in appearance, dear knows, was this:
"'Would you mind making a noise like a frog, uncle?'"
"'And why,' said the uncle, with an amused smile, 'why, Tommy, do you desire me to make a noise like a frog?'"
"'Because,' replied the urchin, 'whenever I ask daddy to buy me anything he always says, 'Wait till your uncle croaks.'"
"Here's poetic justice for you. One of these oil-stock promoters married a woman for her money."
"Yes?"
"Only to discover that she had invested it all in his oil stock."