Amongst them was a gray-haired friend of mine, who is a genuine humorist.

He told us many quaint anecdotes.

One of them was of a man who went to inquire the price of graves in a certain cemetery.

The sexton told him that they were 1 pound on this side, and 2 pounds on the other side of the knoll.

"How is it that they are 2 pounds on the other side ?" inquired the man.