Show f joke on tom sharkey J 1 stories on tom sharkey are always abundant says an eastern sport now in chicago and the best ot of it Is that they are neatly neaily always true tom Is a rich mine tor for good stories and never a week passes parses that he be does n not ot do something original and hilarious tom was mas living happily at head bead hay bay last summer cr and ane one pleasant night was honored by a visit from patsy corrigan one of 0 the most fiendish practical jokers in the cast during dueing the evening corrigan looked at toms great eat bulk and massive thaws and th then v shook Is his a lead head sorrowfully arid and the matter wit yo ye patsy demanded demanded tom I 1 why tom said batby I ins was feeling blue v m hen I 1 looked at you and realized that you badent long tor for this m world orld I 1 A and dol why so go patsy why replied patsy well tom its easy to see your lungs are not developed large enough to fill that big chest ot of yours and you a are doomed to die of consumption unless you take prompt measures to enlarge your lungs warra wirra 1 moaned the sailor and how bow can I 1 enlarge me lungs oh a cinch chich tom get up every morning about 4 go out in the open air and shout with mith all your might for halt half an hour just roar ila iia ha be uh uh uh as loudly as you can and it mill bill be wonderful to see the way may bour our lungs will grow and anaf at 4 the tha next morning tho the quiet of 0 that peaceful neighborhood was shattered beyond repair by a brawny man who taking up a position right in the middle ot of a residence block bellowed uh uh all uh in a voice like seven lulls till the local police force woke up and came tearing after him |