Clerk of Court—Yes, ma'am (glancing at calendar). Let me see, this is the 10th, isn't it?
Chicago Woman—Why, how perfectly absurd of you! This is only my sixth.
—Minneapolis Tribune.
Too Much of a Denial.
Wiggins—You're rather too old to take in as an office-boy. You must have lived pretty fast to be at the bottom of the ladder at your age.
Applicant—No indeed, sir. I'm just as slow as I ever was while a boy.
—Life.