Saved His Honor.
Smith—I was sorry to hear, Brown, that you had failed in business.
Brown—Yes, I struggled hard, but I lost everything, save my honor, thank Heaven, and the property I was wise enough to settle on my wife when I found myself getting into trouble.
—Texas Siftings.
A Bricklayer.
Several Irishmen were disputing one day about the invincibility of their respective powers when one of them remarked:
"Faith, I'm a brick."