A FRIEND IN NEED
Bobby Short. “I say—I can’t find my partner, Miss Wilson! Have you seen her?”
Tommy Long. “Don’t know her by sight, even! But, if you like, I’ll lift you up, and you can hunt for yourself!”
Mrs. Gusher. “Oh, good-bye, Sir John. So sorry not to have found your most charming wife at home.”
Sir John. “Thanks—thanks! By the way, let me assure you I’ve only got one,—and——”
[Thinks that the remainder of the sentence is “better understood than expressed.”