Show A JOKE THAT FAILED 8 by y MORRIS copyright by J U 13 lippincott 4 t dobson it no of those pon x of u iia I 1 I 1 I 1 P age but of im mini min I 1 abo I 1 nr aldaya punning j and anti i 1 jiing ao 10 tricks supposed BUp to b i roar tv f the tally jov of 0 would bt ril lined for dobron f cobill I 1 not pla p a joke on so 11 i 1 the ati more pr and an annoying f i 1 I ro rc ed pd J ie pe the more nil 11 11 edh it ie Is t dobson the fit member members of 0 1 Is own fa faintly trilly nr luenal luen tl the victim victims of thia this klayf on the part of dobson and mra f eon son co comes m e in for a share of witt pt I 1 la Is som exasperated into ca 11 dobson a e fool too joking dut but i in c it biti I 1 bo be conceded to a woman 1 n I 1 I 1 tor for life to a man like dobson the other dav da dobson went into one of the bis big department states to v a couple of handke chleda 1 i ie le passing down one of the aisle 11 i h in e i v hta his v ife lie sitting 1 at the gove glove coi cot t r with her back to him so that shi i I 1 not note the approach of dobson i had heard mra mrs dobson sa th t e w was as cowing down town that on As dobson approached hia his wife I 1 noted that she hal ha I 1 her purse thrust into one of the small elde side pockets of her jacket and anti that fully halt hall of the purse was in plain bight eight dobson had often told his hi wife that ber tier purse would some J ly jy y come up and here wae was a chance to play a capi tal tat tittle sittle joke rive give hr a little scare I 1 r 1 I 1 1 N im not the wife of 0 you nor any other man and teach her a lesson nil all in one tie tle fact that ehe she boull I 1 have to walk nearly a mile to his hi office for carfare to return houe it be took her purse had no weight with doblon A trifle like that enciu not keep him from roro playing a iettia joke slyly approach ing while hit hia his wife head waa was till still turned the other way dobson adroitly extracted the purse from tho the pocket of the jacket and was vas about to slip away when the woman bitting sitting on the stool turned sudi ent and one of her hes harida gripped wrist like a tie vice aha aba ehe she hissed betm between een a met ot 0 the most pal palpate abie false I 1 r caught a g ht e that time sou dcamp you villain dobson e complexion changed from front its usual lowness ani to a ort sort of a pea green when hen he jaw tl tt it he the juntti irate woman was not hie his wife hut hilt a masculine looking woman oman of about GO C years of age with I 1 in ner small jet black e ee es so I 1 ve caught ou in n the act eh ehe she sali in a tone of tr i ph jib 1 I 1 I beg your i ir ar I 1 n ma larn but 1 I 1 I thou thought glit ou were acre my tny wife sail sal I 1 dobson I 1 liar far alel ael the wow in oil never neer thought no such thin an I 1 if it you eld 11 it male malet t your crime all t greater man who bo wonlu I 1 pick b afie locket hotd teal steal the copper copler from front hie his lead grandmothers oe 0 here ailster I 1 cam catti tit t thie this pickpocket v le v ing my pure purs I 1 lou fee he has it in MB hp annil dobson still held the purse ani f in t th h hand the wrist of 0 the piari was still gripping Krip ping to 0 o and t 4 next r orne emeit it a hand ban of the bra 1 floorwalker grippe dobon 4 rot ml ar or 11 ell at you my tine ani fellow ani 1 the floorwalker here mere hoy boy to 0 o a cash boy nin run an I 1 turn in a call for a policeman I 1 rt et me nip explain ali sald dobson 1 I 1 1 11 ax under the hat that thia this lady as a my wito and thank nealen I 1 loi m net not the ftfe lie of ou nor pa other roan man the wor in and ou can cant t sneak out of this with alth any auch such a trumped up tale as that it ite a a plain case of your wife I 1 pity her whoever ehe she ie Is its it my belief that you are a professional pickpocket nd you look it you finlly remove our hand from front my collar eald sald dobson to the stalwart tal wart floorwalker 1 I s ill tit when the cop gete gets here was wa the th reply weve we had hail several cases of pocket picking here ot t late and noir now that the thief la Is found ne tie donti dont I 1 let nr rue plain I 1 thought this woman oman wits wa ray my wife she has just 1 such a dress hat bat and jacket aa as ra my y wife weara wears an I 1 they must be of about abou t the same eize size I 1 slipped up and took 1 I I the purse from the me la 1 s pocket for a little joke anti A likely arn exclaimed the so 0 o im man n that aoa wont t do said the floor walker malker I 1 m telling ou au the simple truth and A man caught with a lady a 0 irso in 1 hia his hand la to apt to tell the honest simple truth eald said the woman the truth ain aln it in your kind release me met commanded dobson haughtily of all the ease mass exclaimed the woman you ve gall enough 11 said the floor walker walker tightening hie his grip you ahall shall suffer for this sir sill will dobson I 1 reckon you 11 buffer first retorted retort d the woman it 3 iou au ilon don it go to jill it won wont t be because I 1 ain ala t to go into court and testify ag in you A policeman now appeared an I 1 the floorwalker aal sat I 1 this chap was caught in the very act of at picking this ladye ladys pocket its a clear case of picking and anti weve been laying for him for several daye days take him hirn where herd hia his kin I 1 belong surely you tou do to not intend to subject R gentleman to the indignity of a public arrest eald sald dobson I 1 am a gen tieman air 1 and of all tho the impudence that eer waa was I 1 bald the woman Gintle min av are arl art together too planty eald said the tle big po ilseman as he gripped dob dobon on by the cutlar when the flo cr or had loos ened hia his hold come along deac able or it 11 be the worse f arr r eez thua thus it wae was that re eral of solsona Dol sona friends had bad the privilege of seeing bini him riding through tie the streets in a patrol wagon and he spent two hours be ila I 1 the bare bars before the friends mends he cu vu a boned to hie his relief could effect I 1 i escape like I 1 ike a true husband e charged his wife ite with being the pole role causi caust of his hi disgrace for he be sat sail I 1 it the woman I 1 I 1 been you it woi wot id have been all i t and I 1 wouldn t have liae been disgrace I 1 in public to which sirs mrs dobson I 1 N i 11 1 common lable fable spirit 1 I na glad it na as eom some other wo so an W william illiam george dobson and its it n y opinion hit iou ou rot got servel serve 1 ju t right |