Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 52
... street . If I take my hat off he'll arrest me for beg- ging ; as it is , he naturally takes us for old friends . " Once , while Bishop Talbot , the giant " cowboy bishop , " was attending a meeting of church dignitaries in St. Paul , a ...
... street . If I take my hat off he'll arrest me for beg- ging ; as it is , he naturally takes us for old friends . " Once , while Bishop Talbot , the giant " cowboy bishop , " was attending a meeting of church dignitaries in St. Paul , a ...
Page 58
... street and threw himself into the arms of a passing policeman . " For Heaven's sake , off'cer , " he gasped , " protect me from that man . He's done nothin ' all night long but carry me up- stairs ' n throw me down th ' elevator shaf ...
... street and threw himself into the arms of a passing policeman . " For Heaven's sake , off'cer , " he gasped , " protect me from that man . He's done nothin ' all night long but carry me up- stairs ' n throw me down th ' elevator shaf ...
Page 63
... exquisitely long golden curls and quite an angelic appearance in general , came in from an af- ternoon walk with her nurse and said to her mother , " Oh , Mam- ma , a strange woman on the street said to TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 63.
... exquisitely long golden curls and quite an angelic appearance in general , came in from an af- ternoon walk with her nurse and said to her mother , " Oh , Mam- ma , a strange woman on the street said to TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 63.
Page 64
... street said to me , ' My , but ain't you got beautiful hair ! ' ” The mother smiled , for the compliment was well merited , but she gasped as the child innocently continued her account : " I said to her , ' I am very glad to have you ...
... street said to me , ' My , but ain't you got beautiful hair ! ' ” The mother smiled , for the compliment was well merited , but she gasped as the child innocently continued her account : " I said to her , ' I am very glad to have you ...
Page 71
... street a wagon loaded with lamp globes col- lided with a truck and many of the globes were smashed . Con- siderable sympathy was felt for the driver as he gazed ruefully at the shattered fragments . A benevolent - looking old gentleman ...
... street a wagon loaded with lamp globes col- lided with a truck and many of the globes were smashed . Con- siderable sympathy was felt for the driver as he gazed ruefully at the shattered fragments . A benevolent - looking old gentleman ...
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