The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-20
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home. She said. mo, don't TAXA
the trouble" when she found out
It wasn't an elderly man anxious
for the safety ola young friend,
but her first beau.
NJ. e. tells of friend who
moved into q village. His house
and the house of q neighbor look
ed much alike, and he entered
his neighbours house by mistake.
He noticed the neighbor's wife
sitting there, and apologized for
the odor arising from some vege-
tables she had just cooed.
Shirt Tail Out.
Mrs. M. H. Once was nightly
embarrassed in church. but now
the man who did II Is her hus-
band, so We guess that's square,!
| Mrs. A. j. B. once did a fine
baking of bread for her mother.
but when she left the room, big
turkey entered and stood neck
high in the bread-sponge.
i o. Il. w. got wet In a pond
when he helped little girl out,
then went with his sweetheart to
her home, and she went to
neighbor's while he dried his
clothes. And now they're mar
ried. and everytime she sees
pond, she reminds him that here
is swell chance to rescue anoth-
err child.
| d. A. X. dressed hurriedly to
catch train, and when he was
safely seated, found he had run
through the whole town with his
shirt-tail hanging out. He return
ed home on the night train.
/ Didn't Marry Either.
| G. A. F.. engaged to marry q
girl, had store in New Bruins
wick. One day a squaw came in
and asked to get warm. He semi
her to the back room. While she
was there, his fiancee came in
with a friend, and said they were
,cold. He mixed up two rum
punches and pressed them to
take one. Both had refused twice
when the squaw stuck her head
through the door, and said: Give
1t me. Me take it," He didn't
marry the girl nor the squaw
either.
| w. M. B. stood in all right
with the girl and the mother, but
the old man was grouchy. One
day, however, the boy sneaked
one over by calling when dad was
away. Then dad suddenly appear
ed, and w. nj. B. fled more pre-
cipitately than gracefully, and he
never went back.
Mrs. A. c. had her mouth full
of taffy when the teacher asked
her II she had her lesson. All
she could do was to sit there
dumbly, with the taffy running
out the corner of her mouth.
Forgot Something.
| T. A. G. was nightly embar-
raised, and so was the teacher,
| when she broke, the only good
I gallus on his overalls. The truth
is, he had neglected OF wear any
thing under the overalls
1t was simply bonehof these
leases of burning shame which
come over you at some case of
mistaken identity that taught
Mrs. G. C. X. ID. caution all the
rest of her life.
Mrs. q. ii. s. thought the kid
dies of the family were trying a
joke o nher, SO she called: Go
around to the cathode, and blow
your WHISTLE" and of course, ii
was not the Riddles at all but a
lnew commission merchant
L. l.. also had case of mis-
taken identity. In Norway, n
teacher mistook him for the par
ent Of one of her students, and
told him right on the street car
that he resembled the father OF
lone of her childrenl
| Little Brother.
1t was the pesky little brother
that did 1t. The young mans
name was Mice, says 4. d. G. of
Lake Bay, and the dinner she had
Invited him to would have been 4
lot more fun IL little brother
hadn't said: Honest, is his name
Mice? Well, let's give him some
rough-on-rats."
! P. H. Y. was jitney short
when he tried to get into a pic
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