A Probability


JONATHAN and his friend Paddy were enjoying a delightful ride, when they

came in sight of what is very unusual in any civilized state

now-a-days--an old gallows or gibbet. This suggested to the American the

idea of being witty at the expense of his Irish companion. You see

that, I calculate, said he nasally, pointing to the object just

mentioned; and now where would you be if the gallows had its

due?--Riding alone, coolly replied Paddy.



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