JUST A CHEST JEST. They were hammer-and-tonging it in Hyde Park. "Friends," yelled hammer, at the top of his voice, "do not he deceived by the plausible promises of this man ! His policy is personified in himself ; for, though, as you perceive he wears a frock coat and a silk hat, yet, at the present moment, he has but half a shirt to his back ! The other " "What !" screamed Tongs, commencing to remove his coat for a double purpose. "You insolent scoundrel ! I will first prove to this assemblage that your insinuation is an abominable lie, and then I will prove it to you." "Calm yourself !" replied the other. "I was about to remark, when you interrupted me, that the other half was upon your chest."
The new hoarder shyly took his seat at Mrs. Skimpin's table. "May I ask, sir," said the old boarder, "what your occupation is?" "My occupation ?" repeated the new-comer. "Oh, I'm a sculptor." "You carve marble, do you ?" pursued the veteran. "I do." "Then," concluded the other, "I see you will he a valuable acquisition to this happy house. Do you mind coming up to this end of the table a moment, and carving the fowl ?'*
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2206, 1 August 1910, Page 2
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