Just The Opposite Mrs. Brown: "Was your first husband in comfortable circumstances when he died?"
Mrs, Smith: "No. 'e was alfway under a train."
Happy Family His is my sister, sir," said the subaltern bashfully, when he unexpectedly met his company commander in Hyde Park.
"That's all right," said his senior, with a kindly smile, after glancing at the highstepper by the subaltern's side. "She used to be my sister." om Ever Ready At the important factory where I work, the telephone is manned day and night to receive immediate warning of any air-raid.
On the first night of war I was on duty~and sat tense and expectant by the phone, ready for action in any emergency.
In the early hoursotthe morning, as my shift drew to its end, there was a knock at the door. A post office lineman looked in and, to my immense humiliation, said: "I have called to connect your phone. It's not yet in working order."
Football Tue sergeant was taking particulars of the new recruits, As each man came forward he asked, "age and birthplace," and these were the replies Huddersfield Town."
Cardiff City."
Bristol City."
York City," and so bu, until at last came the inevitable Cockney) who, not to be outdone by the impressive names of towns he had heard, replied: *21, Tottenham Hotspur."
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