"On the elephant," replied the boy.
"Curious, isn't it?"
"What?"
"A man's handwriting is never so bad that his name can't be read when signed to a check."
"That cook would make a good baseball player."
"Why so?"
"A fly got into the batter when she was serving the griddles, and the way she caught that fly from the batter was a sight to rush an umpire into an early grave."