Luck


The pessimist quoted from his own experience at poker in illustration of

the general cussedness of things:



"Frequent, I have sot in a poker game, and it sure is queer how things

will turn out. I've sot hour after hour in them games, without ever

takin' a pot. And then, 'long about four o'clock in the mornin', the

luck'd turn--it'd take a turn for the worse."



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"How did you find your steak?" asked the waiter of a patron in the very

expensive restaurant.



"Just luck," the hungry man replied, sadly. "I happened to move that

small piece of potato, and there it was!"



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The new reporter wrote his concluding paragraph concerning the murder as

follows:



"Fortunately for the deceased, he had deposited all of his money in the

bank the day before. He lost practically nothing but his life."



* * *



The editor of the country paper went home to supper, smiling radiantly.



"Have you had some good luck?" his wife questioned.



"Luck! I should say so. Deacon Tracey, who hasn't paid his subscription

for ten years, came in and stopped his paper."



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