“But what shall I do?” asked the lady. “Where shall I spend the night?”
“I guess you’ll have to stay all night with the station agent,” was the reply.
“Sir!” flashed up the lady, “I’d have you know I’m a lady.”
“Well,” said the man as he strode off, “so is the station agent.”
“Follow the Leader”
A young curate was asked to take a Sunday-school class of girls of eighteen or nineteen years each, which had formerly been taught by a lady. The young clergyman consented, but insisted upon being properly introduced to the class. The superintendent accordingly took him to the class for this purpose and said:
“Young ladies, I introduce to you Mr. Chase, who will in future be your teacher. I would like you to tell him what your former teacher did each Sunday so that he can go on in the same way. What did she always do first?”
And then a miss of sixteen said: “Kiss us.”
Very Easily Explained
A neighbor whose place adjoined Bronson Alcott’s had a vegetable garden in which he took a great interest. Mr. Alcott had one also, and both men were especially interested in their potato patches. One morning, meeting by the fence, the neighbor said, “How is it, Mr. Alcott, you are never troubled with bugs, while my vines are crowded with them?”