25Mar09

Jones was always trying to borrow money, and his friends had begun to avoid him.
One morning he tackled an acquaintance in the street before the latter had a chance to escape.
"I say, old man," began Jones, "I'm in a terrivle fix. I want some money badly, and I havent't the slightest idea where on earth I'm going to get it from."
"Glad to hear it, my boy," returned the other promptly. "I was afraid that you might have an idea you could borrow it from me."



The latest wedding-ring is very thin and narrow. The old-fashioned, cumbersome affair of coursew, was made to last a life-time.