Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 57
... passing an apartment house in the small hours of the morning , noticed a man leaning limply against the doorway . " What's the matter ? " he asked , " Drunk ? " " Yep . " " Do you live in this house ? " " Yep . " " Do you want me to ...
... passing an apartment house in the small hours of the morning , noticed a man leaning limply against the doorway . " What's the matter ? " he asked , " Drunk ? " " Yep . " " Do you live in this house ? " " Yep . " " Do you want me to ...
Page 58
... passing through the vestibule he was able to make out the dim outlines of another man , apparently in worse condition than the first one . " What's the matter ? " he asked . " Yep , " was the feeble reply . " Do you live in this house ...
... passing through the vestibule he was able to make out the dim outlines of another man , apparently in worse condition than the first one . " What's the matter ? " he asked . " Yep , " was the feeble reply . " Do you live in this house ...
Page 88
... passed around that the ape would chew tobacco ; and the result was that several plugs were thrown at him . Unhappily , however , one of these had been filled with cayenne pepper . The man - eating ape bit it ; then , howling with ...
... passed around that the ape would chew tobacco ; and the result was that several plugs were thrown at him . Unhappily , however , one of these had been filled with cayenne pepper . The man - eating ape bit it ; then , howling with ...
Page 95
... passing Irishman stopped and watched him with great interest for two or three minutes ; at last he said : " Well , why don't ye jump ? " " The evening wore on , " continued the man who was telling the story . " Excuse me , " interrupted ...
... passing Irishman stopped and watched him with great interest for two or three minutes ; at last he said : " Well , why don't ye jump ? " " The evening wore on , " continued the man who was telling the story . " Excuse me , " interrupted ...
Page 112
... passed the con- tribution plate for two years in the church you attended . " The collections had fallen off badly in the colored church and the pastor made a short address before the box was passed . " I don ' want any man to gib mo ...
... passed the con- tribution plate for two years in the church you attended . " The collections had fallen off badly in the colored church and the pastor made a short address before the box was passed . " I don ' want any man to gib mo ...
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