"But," said the gentleman, "where does it come from when it rises in the east, and where does it go when it sets in the west? It has no other thing to do but to pass under the earth and come up again."
"Arrah, now, that's plain enough. Shure yer shouldn't be puzzled at that. If the sun goes from the east to the west, it returns the same way, and the only reason yer don't see it is because it comes back at night-toime."
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
"Jimmie, you wasted your breath talking to old Mr. Wilbur this morning. He's as deaf as a post."
"I know that," said Jimmie, with a smile, "but posts don't have ten-cent pieces in their pockets to give little boys, and Mr. Wilbur does."
"Is this a sleeping-car, papa?"
"Yes, Johnny."
"Does it travel all night?"