I handed Jack the $100 and the twelve-pound Tommy.

The passengers all roared with laughter.

The lady scolded her hubby very badly. She cried, sobbed, and

wrung her hands, saying: "I have lost my Tommy! Oh, my dear Tommy,

Tommy; I will never see you any more!"

Jack could stand it no longer. He handed his Thomas cat over to

the lady.

First she smiled, then she laughed, and then she said: "Hubby,

get out your bottle and give this dear, good, nice gentleman a

drink."

The passengers all roared again.

Jack took a drink. The train rolled into the depot. We all bid

the lady and gentleman and "Tommy" good-bye and got off. "Selah."

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