Show little ale practical joke broke old friendship Friend thip brown and ami white hieb of course are not their right norms names not only were near neighbors but bin iley worked lu in t the lie same office la in the times nines square district one saturday brown received notice from Ms superior that lie would have to leave immediately for chicago to close a deal do me a favor he said to white 1 I 1 generally buy a couple of books for the wife to rend over the week weeke weekend e end but I 1 cant 10 lo do it now will you 01 11 off tit lit the store and set get a couple for her shell want them particularly this weekend week end because she will sill be lonesome white promised faithfully but wh white its was a practical joker and besides he knew quite a bit about the brown household including the fact that mrs hirs brown did not shine at preparing meals so in sheer blirer devilment he bought two cook hooks books took them to mrs brown and intimated that her husband had bad them a aad naked asked him to make the delivery when brown returned home bome there was wag the deuce to pay he spoken to white since but he has sent bent the latter a book beoh devoted to methods of developing feeble minds new york fork sun |