said the garter . ` You seem to be a gentleman ! ' ` So I am , and a very fine one too ! ' said the shirt-collar ; ' I possess a boot-jack and a hair-brush ! ' That was not true ; it was his master who owned these things ; but he was a terrible boaster . ` Do n't come so close , ' said the garter . ` I 'm not accustomed to such treatment ! ' ` What affectation ! ' said the shirt-collar . And then they were taken out of the wash-tub , starched , and hung on a chair in the sun to dry , and then laid on the ironing-board . Then came the glowing iron . ` Mistress widow ! ' said the shirt-collar , ` dear mistress widow ! I am becoming another man , all my creases are coming out ; you are burning a hole in me ! Ugh ! Stop , I implore you ! ' ` You rag ! ' said the iron , travelling proudly over the shirt-collar , for it thought it was a steam engine and ought to be at the station drawing trucks . ` Rag ! ' it said .
The shirt-collar was rather frayed out XXXXX the edge , so the scissors came to cut off the threads .
So at boot-jack for in ironing-board over shirt-collar to wash-tub