“Your brief, sir?” he returned. “Oh, I should have told you, sir, that, while you were talking to the man with the engravings, they called to see you. They said they were in a hurry, and as you were engaged, they would take it to some one else.”
“Take it to some one else!” My maiden brief!
At this point I must pause—for the moment, I can write no more!
A. Briefless, Junior.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. DICKENS UP TO DATE
[“Two burglars, charged with burglary, frankly admitted that the reason they wore gloves was because they didn’t want to leave their finger impressions for identification purposes.”—Daily Paper.]
First Cultured Safe-Breaker. “Harris.”
Second C. S.-B. “Sir.”