Using His Friends
A visitor from New York to the suburbs said to his host during the afternoon:
“By-the-way, your front gate needs repairing. It was all I could do to get it open. You ought to have it trimmed or greased or something.”
“Oh, no,” replied the owner, “oh, no, that’s all right.”
“Why is it?” asked the visitor.
“Because,” was the reply, “every one who comes through that gate pumps two buckets of water into the tank on the roof.”
He Did—After That
A young man who persisted in whispering loudly to the lady who accompanied him to a symphony concert, telling her what the music “meant,” what sort of a passage was coming next, and so on, caused serious annoyance to every one of his immediate neighbors. Presently he closed his eyes and said to his companion:
“Did you ever try listening to music with your eyes shut? You’ve no idea how lovely it sounds!”
Thereupon a gentleman who sat in the seat in front of the young man twisted himself about and said gravely: