In these days of the conservation of fuel no wonder a certain gentleman was disturbed.
You've made a mistake in your paper, said this indignant man, entering the editorial sanctum of a daily paper. "I was one of the competitors at that athletic match yesterday, and you have called me 'the well-known light-weight champion.'"
Well, aren't you? inquired the editor.
No, I'm nothing of the kind, and it's confoundedly awkward, because I'm in the coal business.