A SPIRITED EXPLANATION.
"Thomas," said a Townsend street woman to her husband as she let him in at the front door at two o'clock the other morning, "where have you been until this unearthly hour, and why do you come home with your breath smelling of beer?" "Tha's all right," remarked Thomas, as he leaned up against the wall and tried to look sober. " Tha's all right, 'Melia. Funniest thing ever saw in my life, by (hie) Jove." " What is ? " snapped the Townsend street woman. " Tel— (hie) —telephone," said Thomas, with an imbecile smile. " How do you make out," demanded the woman in icy tones, " that working with the telephone would make your breath smell, of beer?" " Easiest thing in the (hie) world," returned Thomas, as he steadied himself in the corner;" tha's ver simple ; man at the other end of the line was fall. Tha's whazzer. masher; " and Thomas worked his way up stairs chuckling at the idea of fooling his wife.—New Orleans Picayune. ■
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2990, 14 September 1878, Page 4
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165A SPIRITED EXPLANATION. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2990, 14 September 1878, Page 4
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