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[Illustration: _Magistrate._ "DO YOU WANT A LAWYER TO DEFEND YOU?"
_Prisoner._ "NOT PARTICULARLY, SIR."
_Magistrate._ "WELL, WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE TO DO ABOUT THE CASE?"
_Prisoner._ "OH, I'M QUITE WILLING TO DROP IT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED."]
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"VACUUM for Sale, good condition. After 6 o'clock."--_Provincial
Paper._
Our own is generally at its best about an hour and a-half later.
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[Illustration: _Mistress_ (_returned from shopping_). "HAS ANYONE CALLED,
LAURA, WHILE I'VE BEEN OUT?"
_Laura_ (_newly from the country and eager to display her progress in urban
manners_). "NO, MA'AM, ONLY THE TELEPHONE RANG, MA'AM, AND I DID PUT ON MY
CLEAN CAP AND APRON TO ANSWER IT, MA'AM."]
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