Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 53
... waiting for the marker . I'll stake a box of cigars that I can . " " Done ! " cried a major . The whole mess was on hand early next morning to see the experiment tried . The lieutenant fired . " Miss , " he calmly announced . A second ...
... waiting for the marker . I'll stake a box of cigars that I can . " " Done ! " cried a major . The whole mess was on hand early next morning to see the experiment tried . The lieutenant fired . " Miss , " he calmly announced . A second ...
Page 65
... waited , anger in her eyes , for the appearance of the hoop's owner . Presently he came . " Please , I've broken your window , " he said , " and here's Father to mend it . " And , sure enough , he was followed by a stolid - looking work ...
... waited , anger in her eyes , for the appearance of the hoop's owner . Presently he came . " Please , I've broken your window , " he said , " and here's Father to mend it . " And , sure enough , he was followed by a stolid - looking work ...
Page 85
... waiting for the speaker at a public meeting a pale little man in the audience seemed very nervous . He glanced over his shoulder from time to time and squirmed and shifted about in his seat . At last , unable to stand it longer , he ...
... waiting for the speaker at a public meeting a pale little man in the audience seemed very nervous . He glanced over his shoulder from time to time and squirmed and shifted about in his seat . At last , unable to stand it longer , he ...
Page 95
... waiting for a car . A 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 ...
... waiting for a car . A 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 ...
Page 98
... wait so long , " wired back the buggy dealer , " can- cel order . " The saddest words of tongue or pen May be perhaps , " It might have been , " The sweetest words we know , by heck , Are only these " Enclosed find check ! " Minne - Ha ...
... wait so long , " wired back the buggy dealer , " can- cel order . " The saddest words of tongue or pen May be perhaps , " It might have been , " The sweetest words we know , by heck , Are only these " Enclosed find check ! " Minne - Ha ...
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