Show Shocked and Sorry for Cause City Clerk Randolph Yates McCray was not always the quiet dignified suave person that he Is at present Only a comparatively few brief brie years ago he was a mischievous youth seek seeking seekIng seeking ing those whom he might harass and disturb On one occasion when Randolph was wasa a mere lad of 16 or 01 17 11 he conceived the idea of playing a neat little practical joke on a neighbor woman He went to a little toy bank in which he had deposited 30 or 40 cents that he had h d Saved up to spend on the next Fourth of July fished out a nickel by means of a bent hairpin and spent the tho nickel for a hideous looking false face Then he hunted up a wilted black felt hat such as burglars wear in maga magazine magazine magazine zine pictures and got sot an old broken down revolver that had belonged to his and that was ivas hang in on the wall for a relic Decorated with the false face hat and revolver he strode forth just at dusk to the house of the neighbor woman who at that moment was alone in her kitchen and banged on the door with the butt end of ot the big revolver The woman opened the door took one look and delayed fainting only long enough to utter one wild scream Nothing frightens a n practical joker like having his joke work so young fled fied down street like a n sur surprised surprised surprised Iguanodon yelling for help as he went The folks next door ran over and re revived revived revived the Joke victim whose whoso first words were wore Oh that face and after atter all these years t The others quite get her and hastened to explain that the face she had seen was nothing but a false face worn by young Ranny McGray False face exclaimed the woman disgustedly I thought It was my first husband Cleveland Plain Dealer |