16
THE CHEMA W A AMERICAN
SMILES AND SUCH
HUMOROUS G L E A N IN G S FROM VARIOUS
SOURCES
TO O E L O Q U E N T
The attorneys for the prosecution and defense had
been allowed 15 minutes each to argue the case. The
attorney for the defense had begun the argument with
an illusion to the old swimming hole of his boyhood
day. He told in flowery oratory of the balmy air, the
singing birds, the joy of youth, the delights of the
cool water—
And in the midst of it he was interrupted by the
drawling voice of the judge.
‘Come out, Chauncy,” he said, “and put on your
clothes. Your 15 minutes are up.”
L E SSO N T H A T W AS LO ST
“ Now, children,” said the teacher, “ I have been
talking to you about the duty of cultivating a kindly
disposition, and 1 will tell you a little story of two
dogs. Henry had a nice dog gentle as a lamb. He
would not bark at the passers by or at strange dogs,
and would never bite. William’s dog, on the contrary,
was always fighting other dogs or flying at the hens
and cats in the neighborhood; and several times he
seized a cow by the nostrils and threw her. He bark
ed at strangers, and was always making trouble.
Now, boys, which dog would you like to own—Hen
ry’s or Willliam’s?”
The answer came instantly, in one eager shout:
“ William’s!”