"Ah!" he said in utter despair, "how tempting it looks!" He was almost inclined to plunge in and end it all.
All of a sudden he heard a splash and, looking around, he saw his friend Green struggling in the water. Without attempting to save him he rushed off to the local house agent.
"Quick!" he gasped. "Green has fallen in the river. Can I have his house?"
"Sorry," said the house agent. "I've already let it to the man who pushed him in."
The difficulty of finding a house is not exclusively an eastern problem. Out in Kansas, for instance, a native observed a stranger looking around and ventured to say, "Good morning, sir, House hunting?"
"Yes," replied the stranger. "I wonder if it could have blown this far."
JUDGE—"You are accused of speeding. What have you to say in your defense?"
PRISONER—"I heard of a house for rent and was trying to get there first."