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Paying for an Encore

We have told the story of the dourist who was arrested for speeding in going through the hick town, and who was all mad because of same, and because of the fact that he had just barely been passing the legal limit, and realized that he was just being shaken down for a contribution to the upkeep of the town. So when the judge fined him ten dollars, he handed the judge a twenty dollar bill, and started out "Here," said the judge, "the fine is just ten dollars." "Keep it," said the sour tourist, "I'm going out of this blankety blank town a d-n sight faster than I came in."

And here is the same idea, in another direction-

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Rastus had a wife who did cooking for white folks. He also had a "swe€tie" who was very obnoxious to his wife' So one Saturday night the wife met Rastus and his Liza Ann face to face on Main Street, and the wife swung a hard right, and down went Liza Ann. A policeman rushed up and arrested the furious spouse. "Pay me t:wo and a half or you go to jail for that," declared tte law. Liza pulled a five dollar bill from her lisle nationd banb handed it disdainfully to the cop, and remarked:

"Jes keep it all, Cap'n; I'se gwiner knock 'er down agin when she gits up."

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