He Knew Whereof He Spoke

Exchange. "Look lieah, ruan, why doan yer 'gratúlate mo?"said an oíd Negro to an acquainanee. "YVhut, I want ter 'gratúlate yer furP" "Didn' yer knov 1 wuz tuarried?" "Didn' heah a bref o' it." "Sartinly I is. Married de widder Blankenship." 'Dat so? Gitnme yer han' an' ientnie 'gratúlate yer," and as the newly niarried man pas3ed on the congratulator said to some one standing near: 'Oh, yas, 1 'gratulates him. He'sdo wust enemy I'se got in dis town, an' dat 'ornan, w'y, I wuz marriad ter hev myse'f. Co'se I 'gratúlate him,"