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T\\'o lover~ were ~itting "ifle hy .:ille in Unttery Pad,, Xew York. one e1·ening.
•·1 \\'Onder,.. hC' "·hi::pered :1s he ~lauc·crl out acro.::;s the beautiful hay and ::aw the Starne 11f Librrt.1· in the ::.haduw.' nlooJ\1, '\dn· theY 11<1\'C itS li!).ltt !"ol Sl1la)J."
::- ''Perhaps.," re]~liedthe girl.as she blushed and tried to slip from his embrace.• '·the smaller the lighL the greater tlte liberty."
Poet: •·That's lll'ii latest brain child. Do vou think it will ..
li1·e?"
Editor (after reading) : '·It will if the good die yonng."
.\.n officer on board a warship was dt·illing his men.
"[ \\'ant e1·cry man to lie on hi::! lnH•k, put his legs in the air and ruoYe them as if he were riding a bicycle," he explained. "XO\\' commence."
After a short effort one of the mC'n stopped.
·'Why have you stopped, :J[urphy~" asked the officer. "If ye plaze, sir," was the ans\\·er, "Oi'm coasting."
''liO\Y yon do stutter, my po)or lad. Did yon e1·cr go to a stammering school?''
"X-n-no, sir, I dud-dud-do this n-11atnrally."
"~\. person _is silly to bother a lot about his descent, don't you think so?"
''Yes, unle.::;s he happens to be an aviator."
:Jirs. Johnson: "Sistah ._arah has jist got a divorce f'um her husband."
:J[rs. Jackson: ':You dttn't say so! ITnw much amnonia did lie cou't grant her~··