progress - we are getting on famously."

"Progress?" echoed the Judge - "progress? Why, sir, the matter is
concluded!"

"Exactly, exactly; it had to be concluded in order to give
relevancy to the motion that I am about to make. Your Honour, I
move that the judgment of the Court be set aside and the case
reopened."

"Upon what ground, sir?" the Judge asked in surprise.

"Upon the ground," said the Attorney, "that after paying all fees
and expenses of litigation and all charges against the estate there
will still be something left."

"There may have been an error," said His Honour, thoughtfully -
"the Court may have underestimated the value of the estate. The
motion is taken under advisement."



The Wooden Guns



AN Artillery Regiment of a State Militia applied to the Governor
for wooden guns to practise with.

"Those," they explained, "will be cheaper than real ones."