He was thoroughly a business man, and he judged everything from the point of view of weight—as was natural, since he dealt in things which were sold according to their avoirdupois. One day somebody asked him if he had any children.
"Yes," he said. "I've got 453 pounds of boys, and 236 pounds of girls."
A SMALL BOY'S FEET.
"If it wasn't for me my class in school wouldn't have any standing at all," said Hubert.
"Nonsense!" said his aunt. "Your mother says you are the foot of it."
"I am," said Hubert. "How could it stand if it didn't have a foot?"
NOT REPEATED.
"When you stepped on that gentleman's foot, Tommie, I hope you apologized?"