"That gentleman who is being introduced to Miss Binks is a free
thinker."
"Which is he, a bachelor or a widower?"
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_John:_ "Yew wait here, Mirandy, while I buy your ticket."
_Mirandy:_ "Daon't yew dew it, John; yew can't say fer _sure_ that the
train'll show up--I don't never believe in payin' fer a thing 'til I git
it."
* * *
_The Wife:_ "Oh, you needn't sneer! I mean every word I say."
"I'm not sneering, my dear. I'm just thinking what a lot you must mean."
* * *
_The Escort:_ Who's that fellow who seems to know you?
_The Lady:_ Only a second cousin once removed.
_The Escort:_ Hm! Well, he looks as if he wanted removing again.
* * *
_Voice_ (_far off_): Cuc-koo! Cuc-koo! Cuc-koo!
_Satiated Camper:_ All right, all right! Who's arguing about it?
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