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Show JOKED ONCE TOO OFTEN. Tragle End That Came to a Man Who Should Hsve Known Better. William Tucker, of Vlneland, N. J.. haa quit Joking. Until a few days ago he was In the habit of playing a killing kill-ing Joke on tho englneera who run on Ihe West Jersey and Seashore railroad. rail-road. Mr. Tucker was a lawyer, and It was a delight to him lo walk upon the track of the railroad mentioned when he saw an express train approaching. ap-proaching. Ho would turn his back and pretend to be so deeply plunged In thought as to be oblivious of the approaching train until It was within twenty or thirty feet of him, when be would Jump aside and wave his bat at the horrified engineer. Mr. Tucker played this Joke over and over again on almoat every engineer engin-eer on tho road, and at laat aeomed to feel that he had been cheated out of aomelnlng good If a day passed without with-out giving him an opportunity to have a laugh at some englueer'a expense. A few days ago Mr. Tucker's friends ssdly gathered up the few plecea of him that could be found strewn slnng the track at the place-where place-where ho had been In the habit of playing bla Joke. He had played It once too often, as the practical Joker always doea. Hut tbe leaaon of bla fate will probably be overlooked by tbe people who think practical Joker are funny. It Is one of their misfortunes misfor-tunes that they cannot learn. If they could, and Mr. Tucker's fato were tq, turn any of them from their foolish fool-ish ways, his life would be sacrlflceil In a good cause. |