Policeman. "You say you saw the man. What sort of a man was 'e?"

Lady (giving the information). "Oh, a clean-shaved bloke—same as my 'usband 'ere."


THE ELFIN TUBE.

I know a solemn secret to keep between ourselves—

I heard it from a sparrow who heard it from the elves—

That always after 2 A.M., before the first cock-crow,