Scene at the Sessions.
Kecoruer (lo prisoner) : "How do you livo ?" Prisoner : " I ain't jwrtiouUir, as the oyster said when they askud wliethor he'd ho roasted or fried." Recorder : " We don't want to hear what the oyster aaid. "Whiit do you follow ''." Prisoner : " Anything that cornea in my way, as the locomotive said when ho ran over a man," Recorder : "We ca'o notlsing about the locomotives. What is your business V Prisoner :" That's various, as tha cat said vrhon she Btole the chicken." Kucordar : " That comes near to the line, I suppose V "Prisoner : " Altnjjathor in my line, as the Topo said when choking the pirate. 11 Recorder : " If I hoiir :my more absurd comparisons, I will (livo you tn-elvo montha." Prisoner : " I'm douo, as the beefsteak said the cook,;'
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Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 6
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130Scene at the Sessions. Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 6
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