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Looking over Cully's shoulder he was startled to see that For- man had a gun, waiting for the ·Opportunity to shoot. He also ~:aw Manuf'l wns on his feet, still clutch'•-g his knife. Desperate- ly he ::hove·i Cully at Forman. A shot re:ourded and Cully fell at his feet. Before Forman oould aim a.Q;ain. Paul w:as on him, strurg"glin <2: for possession of the vvn. P:wl'> strong fingers were too much for the older man. Suddenly Paul was in o·ossession nf the gun, burt; something in Form~ .n's ·e y e s m a d e h i m w h i r l r.•nd shoot.
Manuel screamed and dropped the knife that had been poised O<Ver Paul's ba;ck. They were .at his mercy now.
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''Thank you very much, Senor Jordan." said the capitan of the local ·policia.
"~at's okay, cap.itarn," Paul replied. ''If it hadn't been for Pedro here fiollowinP: me, I would be useless now.''
(Pedro grinned at him.
''Oh, lbv the way, do you know wh,at it srays on this cat, capi- tan?"
"Si. Freely tramslated it means 'Protect us all, 0 Black One!"
Margar·elt Ransier: "It's rain- ing too hard to go home. You may as well stay here all night."
!Dorothy Rigney: "Okay. Just a minute and I'll ·be back." (She ccmes back dripping wet.)
Marg.aret R: "Where have you been?"
Dorothy R: "I had to go home and get my pyjamas.''
In rL.atin class one day two girls were arguing.
First Girl: "You're the dumb- est thing I've ever seen."
Mr. Culbert (impatiently): "Girls! Gir1s! Please remember I'm in the room."
'Twa.s in a restaurant they met Br.ave Romeo and Juliet.
He had no ·cash to pav this debt, So Romw'd what Juli'et.
She sa• on the bridg·e in the gloaming
And tickled his face with her toes.
But she was a gullible mosquito And rthe bridge wras the •bridge
cf his nose.
John Hill: "L,et's skip Chemis- try oreriod today. Glen.''
Glen L.: "Nio thanks John, I need the sleep."
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M.iss Mlorrison heard a loud •crash from the kitchen. "More dishes?" she e,alled.
"No Ma'am!" came the voice of Helen Munro, "Less."
Droes destiny really shape our ends,
It's one of life's profoundest rid- dles.
But there's certainly no ques- tion, friends,
That bread and potatoes shape our middles.
Orator (in assembly): "I want reform, I ~ant housing reform, want ...
Dianne St. Amand: "Chloro- form.''
~lUring Chemistry period one day Mr. Boyle was demonstrat- ing the ')Jroperties of acids. " l i I droo this 50c piece into rthis b~a~er." he asked, "will it dis- solve?"
"No sir." came the quick reply.
"And why not?" inquired Mr. Boyle.
"Because if it would," came t.he lo~ical response, "you would not drop Lt in."
Someone ,asks: "Why can't the v.ations of Europe live as one bi~< f a m i l y ? "
The answer is, they do.
C. D. C. I . GLEANER
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