A doctor telling one of his jovial patients that he would probably make jokes on his death bed, the patient retorts he would - being his last chance. Wood engraving by P. May, 1901.

Dialogue includes: Genial doctor (after laughing heartily at a joke of his patient's). "Ha! Ha! Ha! There's not much the matter with you! Though I do believe that if you were on your death-bed you'd make a joke!" Irrepressible patient. "Why, of course I should. It would be my last chance!"