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Show Why Mrs. Pratt Was Thankful. Mrs. Mary Pratt found her acustomed cell 'in the city jail yesterday afternoon, but not without difficulty. The troubles, however, were not Mrs. Pratt's; they fell to the lot of Patrolmen Williams and Cllve, the arresting officers. The lady enjoyed her afternoon exceedingly, at least so much of It as she has memory of. Mrs. Pratt had many rea-vons to feel thankful yesterday. She was well and ln good spirits, and "what more can any mortal want? So she went out to get an appetizer for the Thanksgiving dinner din-ner she Intended eating later ln the day at the expense of sweet charity. 6no appetizer tasted good, and It came to pass that others followed In swift succession. Then Mrs. Pratt sought the outer air. But she had overrated her capacity a common foiling with her. Near the corner of First West and Second South she became very weary from the burden she had taken on. And so she lay down to rest. At this Juncture Cllve happened along. He saw what was ahead of him Mrs. Pratt weighs something ln the neighborhood of 225 pounds In fighting trim. Cllve saw that she wasn't going to go away and he summoned Jim Williams, Wil-liams, for Williams Is famous for the strength of his arm. The two blue-'coated blue-'coated guardians of the peace bore their weight of helpless femininity to the box and called the patrol wagon. At headquarters Williams and Cllve had to carry the lady tip two nights of stairs before they could deposit her ln the keeping of Jailer Sol Kimball. |