More Toasts by Unknown
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"I'm sure I don't know, Willie." "Well, I hope, then, you'll feel sorry tomorrow when I'm getting punished for your ignorance." Henry was the neighborhood magistrate. He had been settling a dispute between two blockaders. The one in whose favor the verdict was cast was filled with admiration for the facility with which Henry made out the papers. "You are one of those 'read' men, ain't you Henry?" "Yes, I kin read right smart," modestly admitted Henry. "You been to school, ain't you?" With just pride Henry nodded his head. "I reckon you been through algebra!" "Yes, I have," said Henry, "but it was night and I didn't see nothing." EMPLOYER--"For this job you've got to know French and Spanish, and the pay is eighteen dollars a week." "Lord, Mister! I ain't got no edication; I'm after a job in the yards." |
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