First Boy. "Did you hurt yourself when you fell that time?"
Second Boy. "Nop, not when I fell; it was when I hit the ground I hurt myself."
THE HORNETS' NEST.
The hornets' nest is football-shaped
About the rose-bush curled,
But I would never raise my foot
To kick it for the world.
A gentleman once asked a lawyer what he would do provided he had loaned a man $500, and the man left the country without sending any acknowledgments.
"Why, that's simple; just write him to send an acknowledgment for the $5000 you lent him, and he will doubtless reply stating it was only $500. That will suffice for a receipt, and you can proceed against him if necessary."