"
Next day there appeared over the door of the first sausage-maker the
simple expression of loyalty:
"God save the King."
"Biddy," remarked the newly wed Irishman, "go down and feed the pigs."
"Faith and I will not," replied the bride.
"Don't be after contradicting me, Biddy," retorted the husband.
"Haven't I just endowed you with all my worldly goods, and if you can
not feed your own property, then it's ashamed of you I am."
This was a new point of view, so off Biddy went.
Presently she returned.
"Have you fed the pigs, Biddy?" demanded her husband, sternly.
"Faith, and I have not," she answered. "I have done a great deal
better. As they were my property I have sold them, and shall not be
bothered with them again."
A business man advertised for an office boy. The next morning there
were some fifty boys in line. He was about to begin examining the
applicants when his stenographer handed him a card on which was
scribbled:
"Don't do anything until you see me. I'm the last kid in line, but I'm
telling you I'm there with the goods."
In one of the back streets in Philadelphia is a little jewelry store
which is making progress--witness this incident:
"What's the price of nickel alarm clocks?"
"Dwenty-fife cends.
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