The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-26
ALONG THE SKIRMISH LINE.

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'.Aint yer goin' ter help poor work
ing man, sire" pleaded the seedy citi-
zen
"Urh!" replied the unzympathetic one
You must be pretty poor at working
men II you think you can work me-"
'.Let sleeping dogs He." exclaimed the
impressive citizen in the white waist
coat. IF you dispIease me in this mat
ter, Mr.. Tacket, you will rue it to the
last day Of your life. I am not man
to be triaed with"
The clerk bowed and was about to
withdraw when a majestic matron blocked
the doorway
e-Josephus." she exclaimed. where is
that coal you said you would order? And
the roast you were to send home for
dinner? And have you seen about the
references for that new cook? And the
baby's rattIe?"
The clerk waited to see fragments
Of the intruder strew the floor. but moth
ing of the kind happened.
'Er-er-ny dear, I viii attend to
it at once" came in meek quavers from
the white waistcoat
See that you do, then" And the ma
iestic matron swept out, carrying the
clerk in her wake.
1t is certainly best for ones dignity
to let sleeping dogs lie. when they hap
pen to be stuffed
It is curious thing, but continual rub
bing against the worlds pricks makes
some people smooth and other people
rough
Money may be the root of all evil. but
it does not follow that if we root up
the evil We shall Hnd cash in the hole.
It was a warm summer night. and Carl
was engaged in saying his prayers-a Sc
rious business because OF the long one
which he was just learning 1t seemed
TO go with bitches and jerks. for some
| reason or other; and then it stopped in
the middle, and there was an interlude:
% Lord, viii you please excuse me a
minute while slap this mosquito9'
When a story is half wrong there are
so many chances Of its giving a wrong i'm
preston that IT might as well be all
wrong and done with it
What did you stay at home from
/ church for this morning. Caroline -
Z We'll. It raiaed, and I vanted 20 read
that book on Christian Science"
And DO you think your Christian Science
is in good working order il it cant keep
you dry in thunder shower
Z
They are having hard time on that
South African farm"
| las how
Their amuseIaents are iaterfered with
so You see there is an ostrich farm
next door, and the ostriehes ate the
! tennis balls and the golI balls until they
( took 10 playing croquet-not the osgriehea
/ but the people. And then the ostriches
ate the cFcqUet balls and died. and the
! owner Of the farm iued for damages
Did you call that man d Donkey
No he wasn't big enough for that.
called him a burro.
You are arrested said the magistrate
t severely, "en the charge Of stealing this
suit OF clothes
An who from o. said the una dashed
tramp That dinky wooden eritter out
side the taiIor's shop He ANT cold
without TIE clothes. and was; and he
won't get piBchea fer going without EN-
+. and I wouIs.,s
They are simply wrarped up IN eacI
other
That accounts for their ideas being
in such a snarI.
What IL The world is the trouble
Narve You seem 10 BE- worried to death
4 am. You see. I had drsadfuIly per
picking problem 20 solye-it was mat
ter Of eonscieRee- read q book b.
Mrs Humphrey Ward. ard one b. How
els, and enc by tuthoHy Hope. where III,
heroines were in somewhat similar situa
lions, and How I ana SO mixed dp I don
know whether decided right or wrong.
It is always something OF question
when a woman III street car looks as /
she we're going to cry, whether she Ia.
heen crossed IL love or is-afraid be
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