“How’s that?”
“I’ve only got two left—the ace of spades and the seven of clubs.”
And That Settled It
“If ye please, mum,” said the ancient hero, in an appealing voice, as he stood at the back door of the cottage on washday, “I’ve lost my leg——”
“Well, I ain’t got it,” snapped the woman fiercely,
And the door closed with a bang.
What Do You Think the Porter Did?
A lady in the centre seat of the parlor car heard the request of a fellow-passenger directly opposite asking the porter to open the window, and, scenting a draft, she immediately drew a cloak about her.
“Porter, if that window is opened,” she snapped testily, “I shall freeze to death.”
“And if the window is kept closed,” returned the other passenger, “I shall surely suffocate.”