Young Mr. Bemis: “Don’t be alarmed, sir, Miss Lawton is all right.”
Miss Lawton: “Yes, I’m not frightened, papa.”
Lawton: “Well, that’s a great thing in cases of this kind. How did you happen to get there?”
Miller, indignantly: “How do you suppose? We came up in the elevator.”
Lawton: “Well, why didn’t you come the rest of the way?”
Miller: “The elevator wouldn’t.”
Lawton: “What seems to be the matter?”
Miller: “We don’t know.”
Lawton: “Have you tried to start it?”
Miller: “Well, I’ll leave that to your imagination.”