A GOOD EAR
Reading edition
“Charley,” remarked Jones, “you were born to be a writer.” “Ha!” replied Charley, flushing at the compliment, “you have seen some of the things I have turned off?” “No,” said Jones, “I wasn’t referring to what you have written. I was simply thinking what a splendid ear you have for carrying a pen. Immense, Charley, simply immense!”
When some one was complaining of insomnia, an Irishman recommended a sure cure for it. “Go to bed,” said he, “an’ schlape it off!”
Said an Englishman to an American tourist, as he drew out of his pocket an old English silver coin, “Do you see the image on that coin? That’s the picture of the old English king that made my great grandfather a Duke.”
“Pooh!” said the Yankee. “That’s nothin’. Here, do you see this United States coin? We call it a cent. And you will observe the picture of an Indian on the cent. Well, sir, that’s the picture of the Indian that made my grandfather an Angel!”