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blackboard, evidently t h i n k i n g
h ard . T h en he took the chalk and
wrote:
“ T h e hen never done it. God
done i t . ”
M IL D L Y S A R C A S T IC
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H e had ju st reached the philoso
phical stage w hen he slipped into a
re sta u ra n t for a bit to eat. T hen he
sat sta rin g ahead, quietly th o u g h t
ful in expression, and w aited.
It is adm itted he did some w ait
ing, too. W hat happened to his o r
der could not be understood outside
th e peculiar restau ran t kitchen, but
he spent half an hour sittin g th ere
sta rin g ahead of him .
A t last it came. As the w ait
ress p u t the order before him , he
started from his deep stu d y , as if
he had forgotten he had an order
com ing. T hen, looking up at the
fair tran sp o rter of edibles, he said:
“ You d o n ’t look a day o ld e r!”
N O Y E L L IN G
An am ateur charity w orker, vis
itin g a family in the tenem ent dis
tric t was alarm ed to see the m other
dash a cup of cold w ater in the face
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