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Show J CAUGHT. IN A. PATROL BOX. .. I Policeman Was Too Fat to Perform' a '-' Part of His Duty. .Stont "policemen have their troubles not the" worst of which ife '.running .af-" ter small boys. " Polic"einau": '" James '' T- w'-on of psHc'a sJrifer.-i,"-J-Jajt, night wished he, was several pounds lighter. When he made his usual call, to the station-house at 9:30 o'clock he , . entered the call box at Highland and Penn avenue. He opened the -door and then stepped, inside. Mr. Treston has somewhat more than his share ; of avoirdupois and he comfortably filled the box. The .telephone bung on the wall directly di-rectly opposite the door and when Treston was busily engaged in telling the house sergeant that all was well on his beat he did' not see the wind " close the door on him. He heard the- click of the lock, however, and then' turned or rather tried ta turn to see what had happened. . But he could not : get around, the door was securely , locked and he fitted the box like the proverbial sardine. ' ' What was to be done? He couldn't turn around to open the door, so he pounded against the tin wall of the-' box. This drew a crowd of spectators,; but they were powerless to assist him. They had no key. Then . a happy . thought struck Treston. He rang up the station-house again and explained his predicament. Amid the hearty laughter of the house sergeant he asked that a man be sent down with a key to let him out. Fifteen minutes later "he stepped from the box in the' middle of a crowd of laughing men, 1 women and children. He was hot, perspiring per-spiring and angry, but he went back to his beat Pittsburg Gazette. Our Burden-Bearer. The little sharp vexations, And the briars that catch and fret. Why not take all to the Helper Who never has failed us yet? Tell Him about the heartache. And tell Him the longings, too; Tell Him the baffled purpose When we scarce know what to do. Then, leaving all our weakness With the One divinely strong, Forget that we bore the burden, And carry away the song. Phillips Brooks. |
