The wife went to inspect the cot.
"Why," she exclaimed, "that's little Sammy from next door!"
WAS IT MONEY HE WANTED?
A professor in a Washington law school had occasion to illustrate to his class the smallness of the world. "Gentlemen," he said, "let me state my own experience. While in Paris last summer I met a man from my own home town; then again in Venice I met him; and again in London. This year while visiting Yellowstone Park, I met him again, and----"
"I say, professor," broke in one of the class, "wouldn't it have been better to have paid the man instead of keeping him following you that way?"
REVERSED BLACKSTONE
A certain justice of the peace in a Western town had reached a conclusion as to a question of law highly satisfactory to himself. He refused to entertain an argument by the opposing counsel.
"If your honor pleases," counsel pleaded, "I should like to cite a few authorities upon the point."
"The court knows the law and is thoroughly advised in the premises," snapped the justice.
"It was not," continued counsel, "with an idea of convincing your honor that you were wrong, but I did want so much to show you what a fool old Blackstone was."