Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... married a woman with none . Yet he told his best stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending , he would look about the table with delight , as much as to say ...
... married a woman with none . Yet he told his best stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending , he would look about the table with delight , as much as to say ...
Page 5
... marry me ? " SHE " Papa objects . He says you are an actor . " HE— “ Give my regards to the old boy and tell him I'm sorry he isn't a newspaper critic . " The hero of the play , after putting up a stiff fight with the villain , had died ...
... marry me ? " SHE " Papa objects . He says you are an actor . " HE— “ Give my regards to the old boy and tell him I'm sorry he isn't a newspaper critic . " The hero of the play , after putting up a stiff fight with the villain , had died ...
Page 36
... married to the blamed machine . " A little " Brush " chugged painfully up to the gate of a race track . The gate - keeper , demanding the usual fee for automobiles , called : " A dollar for the car ! " The owner looked up with a ...
... married to the blamed machine . " A little " Brush " chugged painfully up to the gate of a race track . The gate - keeper , demanding the usual fee for automobiles , called : " A dollar for the car ! " The owner looked up with a ...
Page 50
... married just before boarding the train and , like a good many of their white brothers and sisters , were very much interested in each other , regardless of the amusement of their neighbors . After various " billings and cooings " the ...
... married just before boarding the train and , like a good many of their white brothers and sisters , were very much interested in each other , regardless of the amusement of their neighbors . After various " billings and cooings " the ...
Page 52
... married ? " BEGGAR " Pardon me , madam ! D'ye think I'd be relyin ' on total strangers for support if I had a wife ? " MAN " Is there any reason why I should give you five cents ? " Boy— “ Well , if I had a nice high hat like yours I ...
... married ? " BEGGAR " Pardon me , madam ! D'ye think I'd be relyin ' on total strangers for support if I had a wife ? " MAN " Is there any reason why I should give you five cents ? " Boy— “ Well , if I had a nice high hat like yours I ...
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