Bright’s wife prided herself on being resourceful and after waiting in
another room while her husband talked for half an hour with a gentleman
in the parlor she turned the alarm clock so it rang a second and then
called, “John, you are wanted on the phone.” The caller said good-bye and
John came back to his wife with an amused smile. “Well, that’s one way to
get rid of them,” said friend wife. “What did he want?” “Oh, nothing,”
replied her husband, “he was just a solicitor trying to get me to have a
telephone put in.”
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