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Age not guaranteed---Some I have told for 20 years---Some Less

Colored Vcngeance

Two gentlemen of color met on the street one day. One held the other's personal note, long over-due.

"Boy" said the note-holder, aggressively, "when is youall goin' t' pay me dat note Ah bin holdin' fo' sich a long time? Ah wants t' know when?"

"Mah fren," said the debtor, sorrowfully, "Ah sho aims t' pay you dat note de fust time Ah has de money, but Ah jes' nachally ain't bin able t' pay hit yet !"

"You bin tellin' me dat same linea talk fo' de longes' time now, boy, an' Ah ain't goin' t' wait much longah. No suh ! Ahse goin' t' have t' do sumpin t' make you pay me. Suttinly is !"

New Ycrd in Trccy

San Joaquin Lumber Company, Stockton, rvill open a branch yard in Tracy, Calif., about April 15. Ray Martin, who has been 'ivith the company for a number of years at Stockton, u,'ill be manag'er.

"Big man," said the debtor, picking up his ears at the threat, "whut is you aimin' t' do?"

"Ahse aimin' t' take dishere note o' yourn an' burn hit up ! .A,t's whut' Ahse aimin' t' do ! Den whuts you goin' t' do? Ah axes you?"

The debtor pulled himself up belligerently, his eyes flashing. He said-"Lemme tell you sumpin, black boy ! Don't you nevah try no sech trick as dat on me ! Cause if'n you evah tries burnin' up a note o' mine, Ah'll slap a lawsuit on you so quick you won't even know whut hit you, see !"

San Frcrncisco Lumbermen's CIub

To Meet April 20

The next luncheon meeting of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club rvill be held at noon on Tuesday, April 20, in the Concert Room. Palace Hotel. San Francisco.