The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 01, 1942, Image 5

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Tragedy
Flora met Katrinka at the grocery store. She
hadn’t seen her friend for a fortnight. Katrinka was
alone.
“Hfello, Katrinka, where’s Wilberforce?”
“Hello, Flora,” greeted Katrinka. “Haven’t you
heard?”
“No.”
“Wilberforce and I are divorced.”
“But I thought you two were getting along swell.
What happened?”
“First promise me that you won’t tell a soul.”
x “You know me, Katrinka, not a Word.”
“Well, Wilberforce made me wash his back ev
ery Saturday night.”
“Why, Katrinka, you should be ashamed of your
self. Divorcing Wilberforce just because he made
you wash his back. You should have been giad to.”
“You don’t understand. I was glad to do it. But
last Saturday night his back was already washed.”
I wish I were a little fish •
A-frozen in the ice.
And when the girls went skating by
Um . . . um. . . . wouldn’t that be nice?
The boy and girl stood on the deck,
The girl, her arms about his neck;
The boy was burning, not the deck.
“I hope you are not afraid of bacteria,” said
the bank teller as he cashed the 2nd Lt.’s pay check
with soiled currency.
“Don’t worry about bacteria, they couldn’t live
on my salary.”
It has beep said that Eve suspected Adam: of in
fidelity, and every night she used to count His ribs
to see if he was true to her.,*?
He: I had to come clear across the room ? to see
you, so I’m going to kiss you^
She: Gee, I wish you’d been.in the next block,
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