“Hello, Bill,” he said to his policeman pal who was waiting for him at the end of the beat. “I just slipped round and got my coat. It’s blooming cold, ain’t it?”
“It is,” agreed Bill, eyeing him curiously. “But, say, when the devil did you get made a sergeant?”
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Mottoes of the Vampire
“Gee, I wish I had a ‘sucker’ like the other girlie has—” and
“I’d like to lose you—I’m so used to you now.”
Jest Jokes and Jingles
Let’s now sing, with all the alcoholic accuracy possible, that old familiar farmer’s wail: “I’ve got enough money to last me the rest of my life, providing I die tonight.”