“Oh, no,” replied the owner, “oh, no, that’s all right.”
“Because,” was the reply, “every one who comes through that gate pumps two buckets of water into the tank on the roof.”
A young man who persisted in whispering loudly to the lady who accompanied him to a symphony concert, telling her what the music “meant,” what sort of a passage was coming next, and so on, caused serious annoyance to every one of his immediate neighbors. Presently he closed his eyes and said to his companion:
“Did you ever try listening to music with your eyes shut? You’ve no idea how lovely it sounds!”
Thereupon a gentleman who sat in the seat in front of the young man twisted himself about and said gravely:
“Young man, did you ever try listening to music with your mouth shut?”
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Good Stories from the Ladies’ Home Journal, by Various