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Show rilUI'lll I'lMMIMIU (II' A I'lltl'- nuti, jokiit. Oh all Hie social Idiots occaslanilly met lit reeictable circlet the practical Join r la the wont. The so filled "lu u" derived from II It mually gained at lome ono die's cxjiente, very olte n to Ihu Injury of Iho, victim and always more orleu lutulHiK, If not worse. Chlctgo hti Kceutly furnished a caw In which tho Joker wat his own victim. vic-tim. 1'. II. Haitian, until about two mouths ago, when he waa dltchargitl, waa An assistant engineer In company No. 4? of the Chicago tire itiiartmcnl. On the Olh inttant n man luformed themrmhers of the engine home 47 that Haitian, thtlr former fcllowdaboi-er, fcllowdaboi-er, had committed suicide nud that his body wat at the morgue. Thesaino Intelligence was aim conveyed to Mrs. Ilattlau, who lived closo by. The credibility of tlce rcpott was never double I. Tho firemen at once draped their engine and ttatlou, In honor of their former friend. Uood things weresnhl of him, and words of sympathy wero many for hla unhappy fate, l'oor Mrs. Haitian waa almost frantic. The report to astonished her that ahecnuld do uottilng but weep and utter lamentations. After engine hjuio 47 wai fully draf,ed, and while Hie inembors cf the company wvredhcuttlng Ihe nuie of llvllan's suicide, that Renlleman walked right In among them. To say that they weru ur rlted would I fitting the caio too mildly. Thu htimorout Haitian admltte.1 that It w is alia Joke i.nd that ho hltawlf waa Ihu author cf It. The firemen could not sco It In this light. Thcyklcki.l llattlan Into the stree' and left blm there, almoit a fit ul Ject for Ihe morgue. It a wife soon lenrudlbe true stale ofirtslrl, anl hat the firemen left undoneiho very nearly completed with a huge poker. Tliu ilretl gamins thru look Iho htimorout Ilailltn In hand, and wllh mud and slums and other rulstllea showed him what the real tttenco of fun was. Haitian will not be likely to play h practical Joke (gain for the rctt of hit life. |