The Consequences

A couple of darkies were seated on the step3 oí a store on Baldwin street, Elmira, where were displayed a large quantity of watermelons, wlien one said: ' Sambo, wbat would be do konsequcncts if we sbou pluck one of dem meions an' relire to de bed ob de ole canal to testdequality obdecore?" "l isn't werry wel! wersed in de law, but you take de melon an' walk off wid it imdfr your coat-tail, meanlime 111 goroun' de corner an' study on dekonsequenei s." - Millerton, N. Y. ArguB. "Well, you're the biggestgoose l ever saw," said an uncultivated but honest Oxenian to the partner of his joys and sorrows. And she, who bad had the advantage of a public school education, saiiled upou him with a seraphic smile as she remarked, "Oh, deary, you are sueh a self-forgetful darlinii!"
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