SYMPATHY.

A GOOD deacon making an official visit to a dying neighbor, who was a

very churlish and universally unpopular man, put the usual

question--"Are you willing to go, my friend?"

"Oh, yes," said the sick man, "I am."

"Well," said the simple minded deacon, "I am glad you are, for _all the

neighbors are willing_!"

The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. · 第 438 / 709 题