My train arrived a minute before it was scheduled to leave. A kid stepped up to the conductor.
"Say, mister, there are two men on this train who came all the way from New York, and didn't pay any fare."
The conductor thought that some fellows were beating the company and went through the whole train, but couldn't find any one who didn't have his proper ticket.
So, seeing the kid, he says:
"Hey, where are the two men?"
"On the engine. The engineer and fireman," shrieked the kid.
After the train got in motion, I suddenly espied my old friend Joe Dempsey, who is an insurance agent.
"Hello, Joe," says I, "why so glum?"