"Well," said the meek voice, "the cost of pulling a communication cord is I still five pounds, and you can have just as good a pull as ever."
ON THE SAFE SIDE.
"Why, what's this, Ben, they're telling me?—
Eighty and going to get a wife!
Gaffer, I thought you'd surely be
A snug old bachelor for life."
"Well, Sur, ye see I allus meant
To take ole Martha some fine day;
But 'wed in haste and then repent'