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only that, he won't smoke any until he gets home and I offer him one.

"Say, old-timer," said another man turning to the native, "did you ever hear of any dogs as smart as ours?"

"Just one-my brother's dog," was the reply. "I think he's a bit smarter."

"How?" he was asked.

"Well," replied the native, "he runs the store where your dogs trade."

Book-Books

109. Have you heard about the Pullman porter who just finished reading his first book? It's about Berth Control.

110. The student approached the desk of the librarian and began searching her handbag for a note she had taken in class. Not finding it, she said hastily, "I want to take out the book called The Red Boat."

The library assistant came back to her after a few minutes and said, ''I'm sorry but we do not have a book by that title."

"I must have made a mistake," the girl replied. "I believe it was The Scarlet Launch."

Again the library assistant came back and this time, trying to be helpful, suggested, "Could it be The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne that you want?"

"No. It's not about a letter. It's about a boat," the girl said.

And then her face brightened as she found her notes. "I have it written down," she spoke happily. "It is the Ruby Yacht by a man named Omar something or other."

Borrowing

Ill. Prospective borrower to banker: "Now I'll need two