The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-01
,,nnNERANts JOKE.

-! nv experience the other night.
W." Certainly had good cause to be
pc We had been cursed with an in
.unt and insolent cook. We stood
P' ,be incompetence and she the inso-
as long as possible, or rather u il
'Lor cook had been engaged, and Tie
I hofore. taking advantage of fla
a;ece of back talk" the cook had
~ discharged on the spot.
w., was bad enough, to be sure, and
= ua sufficient to put any housekeeper in
conner: but to make it worse the
.ook that had been engaged didn't
wv When | left the house, or rath-
s Nv I Al, that morning Mollie was in an
s"oncilable state of despair. Life had
its charm
= when on my return in the evening,
~ only found her good natured but
amiuglv Joyous, | promptly caught the
ae,ion and felt as though had "struck
s;uuer' myself.
What is it, Mollie ?" | asked. Has
new cook Gomez
ga. she hasn't; the mean old thing"
aWhat then :"
aOb Eve got the best joke to tell you.
anil say it's the funniest thing you ever
aGo aheai and tell it. l can stand
rtttv funny jokes"
@Well. come in to dinner first it's all
adv You'll laugh when tell YOU.
an see I've put I. bottle Of that new
rne on the table tonight. You can't
Iue.s where got 2"
UNFOLDING TIE JOKE.
On the table was long, slim bottle Of
uterne, one of a case of very fine wine
Est friend bad sentme a short time be
are and that prized highly.
NO. don't know, unless YOU got it
hit Of the box.
Il dilu't got it out Of Susan's bag.
|Susn was lhQ name OF the wicked cook
Eho had gomez
~You see. this morning, | took her bag
Cut in the hall to be all ready Cor the OK
pvessnan when he came. When | put
h down something in it made a suspicious
sound | just felt to see what it was, and
inside was bottle shaped exactly like
those wine bottles. | counted them and
found there was one missing. Well, |
Just wasn't going to let her carry that
wine off right uader my face and eyes,
and so !"
took it ont. But how did you unlock
the bag"
81 didn't unlock it. At one end the
seam had been ripped and sewed up again
overland. shipped it open with the
scissors and pulled this bottle of wine
out And then what do you think did ?"
Put it on the table"
"Yes, but did something else, too.
took an empty bottle, filled it with wa
er, corked ii mp and put the tinfoil cap
,ver ii that ! had carefully cut off another
bottle Then wrapped it up in the
paper. showed it in the bag and sewed up
the seam Just as it was before. Now,
snt that pretty good iokc: What do
'ou suppose Size will think when She
thinks it =
"Perhap> dat it has been cursed be-
.au>e Size stole it.
I'D Just ike to see her face wien She
asie, it. Won't it be fun ? She won't
now the difference till then, | fixed it so
areialy. Shell think it's been bewitched.
ure. Wen, | don't care; it serves her
lght, the >agcy thing
">1rAEE" WITH SUSAN.
1t did seem ike 4 pretty good way of
citing square with Susan. | felt quite
roud Of Mollie'> achievement. for | set
reat store by that sauterne, and it was
nth good deal Of satisfaction that |
cured out glass for each.
| slipped it.
ana | came pretty near swearing BIG,
Il healthy oath. Something was wrong,
lher with my palate or the wine. |
ia nothing, but slipped again, and then
my glass down tor good. Outside |
as serenity and smiles; inside | was a
ethlng volcano Of wrath.
out blded my time until Mollie took
q. afihk OF her wine. She looked at it
i .r queer expression, held it up and
illea II, smacked her lips and then took
Other long, slow drink.
" men She put her glass down her face
u grown suddenly red and there was
5lhlns but a Joyous look in her eyes.
Is tnerc anything The matter with the
ne, dear" | asked
on know there is. What do You
10 be 50 smart and sarcastic for. You
v, , Known all about it for five minutes
u Just sat there without saying a word,
q let me find it out for myself"
FIND out what 2"
mat put back the wrong bottle"
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