A Drop


DEAN SWIFT was one day in company, when the conversation fell upon the

antiquity of the family. The lady of the house expatiated a little too

freely on her descent, observing that her ancestors' names began with

De, and, of course, of antique French extraction. When she had finished;

And now, said the Dean, will you be so kind as to help me to a piece

of that D--umpling?



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