[When called on for a speech one may answer the chairman in the words of
this lady:]
She was in her room when some people came to call. Her husband received the
company, and after awhile said to his daughter, who was playing about the
room:
"Go up-stairs and tell your mamma that Mr. and Mrs. Blank have come to
call."
The child went, and after a while returned and began to play again.
"Did you tell your mamma that Mr. and Mrs. Blank are here?" asked the
father.
"Oh! yes."
"And what did she say?"
The little girl looked up, and after a moment's hesitation, exclaimed:
"She said--well, she said, 'O dear!'"