A SMILE OR TWO
A Smile Or Two Accommodating The fiction on the men no is going to occupy the seat in the railway train that one has really secured as an extra for oneself sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. A...
...my friena nas kept it with his bag...
...Indeed," said the wily passenger affably...
...Said lie: "Fellow citizens...
...Too Much to Ask An old American revolutionary soldier was a candidate for congress and his opponent was a young man who had "never been to the wars," and it was the custom of the old soldier to tell of the hardships he had endured...
...Well, then," said the tearful citizen, as he gave a sigh of pent up emotion, "I guess I'll vote for t'other fel- low, for I'll be banged if you ha'n't done enough for your country...
...Make it five pennies, please, auntie...
...What are you doing with that bag...
...A passenger hurrying along the platform, just before the train started, flung himself upon a seat that was already occupied by a large bag...
...then I'll occupy it till he comes...
...I did...
...i have fought and bled for my country...
...Yes, but a nickel comes in too handy when mamma wants to go and telephone somebody...
...Did you say you bad slept on the ground while serving your country without any kiver...
...Ex...
...I have walked over the frozen ground till every footstep was marked with blood...
...Boston Transcript...
...Yes, sir...
...Yes," replied the speaker exult-ingly...
...inquired the other, calmly...
...I have slept on the field of battle with no other covering than the canopy of heaven...
...Just about this time one of the voters, who had become greatly interested in his tale of sufferings, walked up In front of the speaker, wiped the tears from his eyes with the extremity of his coattail and interrupted him with: "Did you say you bad fought the British and Ingius...
...Why, child, the amount Is the same...
...I have helped to whip the British and the Indians...
...Of course, the friend never came, and, therefore, just the the train was moving out of the station, the wily passenger seized the bag and deliberately threw it out of the window...
...Es, * * * Shrewd Bobby "Here's a nickel, dear, for doing that errand for me...
...Did you say your feet covered the ground you walked over with blood...
...You don't want your friend to lose his bag, do you...
...thundered the old gentleman, furiously...
...That seat is taken," snapped a morose old gentleman...
...Anything the matter...
Vol. 9 • June 1917 • No. 6
