Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 28
... hour - still no regiment . The aide came tearing back hatless , breathless . " My regiment ! My regiment ! Where is it ? Where is it ? " shrieked the commander . " General , " answered the excited aide , " Blanco started it all right ...
... hour - still no regiment . The aide came tearing back hatless , breathless . " My regiment ! My regiment ! Where is it ? Where is it ? " shrieked the commander . " General , " answered the excited aide , " Blanco started it all right ...
Page 35
... hour later , like as not , a new inspiration would seize the bard , whereupon he would again arouse his wife , saying , “ Maria , Maria , get up ! I've thought of a better word ! " The company in general listened to the story with ...
... hour later , like as not , a new inspiration would seize the bard , whereupon he would again arouse his wife , saying , “ Maria , Maria , get up ! I've thought of a better word ! " The company in general listened to the story with ...
Page 37
... hours to come twenty miles , thanks to a flabby tire . That's only five miles an hour . " " Sure ! " said the new constable , " but the speed law round these here parts is ten mile an hour , and by Jehosophat I'm goin ' to make you ...
... hours to come twenty miles , thanks to a flabby tire . That's only five miles an hour . " " Sure ! " said the new constable , " but the speed law round these here parts is ten mile an hour , and by Jehosophat I'm goin ' to make you ...
Page 38
... hour . " Why , your Honor , " he said , " my engine was out of order , and I was going very slowly because I was afraid it would break down completely . I give you my word , sir , you could have walked as fast as I was running ...
... hour . " Why , your Honor , " he said , " my engine was out of order , and I was going very slowly because I was afraid it would break down completely . I give you my word , sir , you could have walked as fast as I was running ...
Page 47
... hours , but it's no use . " " We've washed " How do you mean it's no use ? " said the officer angrily . " Why , sir , " said the private , " after rubbin ' him and scrub- bin ' him till our arms ached I'll be hanged if we didn't come to ...
... hours , but it's no use . " " We've washed " How do you mean it's no use ? " said the officer angrily . " Why , sir , " said the private , " after rubbin ' him and scrub- bin ' him till our arms ached I'll be hanged if we didn't come to ...
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