Divorce


The court was listening to the testimony of the wife who sought a

divorce.



"Tell me explicitly," the judge directed the woman, "what fault you have

to find with your husband."



And the wife was explicit:



"He is a liar, a brute, a thief and a brainless fool!"



"Tut, tut!" the judge remonstrated. "I suspect you would find difficulty

in proving all your assertions."



"Prove it!" was the retort. "Why, everybody knows it."



"If you knew it," his honor demanded sarcastically, "why did you marry

him?"



"I didn't know it before I married him."



The husband interrupted angrily:



"Yes, she did, too," he shouted. "She did so!"



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