The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-24

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fame. had his spirits severely ruff1ed during
a half-days sojourn at the Canoe Club at
Riverside Park not long ago, if the reports
around town yesterday may be considered
as correct.
Mr.. Wynne was in bathing, the story
goes. when three young men from the city
who had secured canoe for the afternoon
appeared on the scene. They placed a strip
of carpet on the bottom of the craft, put in
few cushions and folded their coats care
fully and placed them in the end of the
canoe before starting on their voyage. After
careful preparation they launched their
frail boat and padded around near to the
spot where Councilman Wynne was enjoy
ing his swim. When they were within a
few feet of the springboard at the bath
house Mr. Wynne made a high dive and
the waves caused by his corpulent body
dropping so suddenly into the stream
swamped the canoe, and before the indig-
nant occupants could paddle to the shore
all their effects were dripping wet. Wynne
enjoyed the joke immensely. much so
that he decided TO stay in the water for
another hour, and he pulled and blew and
laughed until the entire stream was sea
of rippes.
The canoeists carried their effects into the
boathouse and decided to make their trip in
spite of the i'll fortune encountered in their
first venture. In the meantime one of the
three sneaked into the bathhouse and stole
Wynnes trousers from the locker where
he had carefully laid them and hid them
in an out-of-the-way place. After swim
ming around for some little time the plump
councilman decided to dress, and gradually,
as he made a quiet search for the missing
trousers the smile which he had worn be-
came a dark frown. He searched high and
low and finally borrowed a pair of overalls
from the boathouse tender. Alas! they
were too small and he could only get them
part way on. Now, can slit them with
knife SO they will go on all right and then
I'll stand against tree until a boy go
to town and bring me another pair of
trousers" said the shrewd city father to
himself. With that he borrowed the boat
mans knife, ripped the overalls in neces-
sary places and put them on. He then
went out to look for a boy and finally found
one who said he would go to town and get a
pair of trousers for consideration of 81,
which was gladly paid. Wynne then stood
with his back against tree waiting for the
boy to return. The alert canoeists waylaid
| the lad and bought him of with 81 bill
| and Mr.. Wynne still leaning against
| the friendly tree when the party of three
| in the canoe returned from their trip at 6
| o'clock in the evening. 1t is said that for
| time the air was blue and such a disturb
| ance was raised that crowd of excited
spectators assembled to hear the lecture on
| "a Joke Is a Joke But You've Gone Too
Far" Councilman Wynne arrived in town
that night at o'clock. The overalls were
found along the shore of the stream yester,
| as pretty good evidence that Wynne went
home in his own trousers, after all.
XXX
do believe in retributive justice?" said
| DR.. Ford, the Big Four consulting surgeon
the other day. well, / should say so. 1
think know why 1 am wearing wooden
| leg this minute. When 1 was a kid I used
| to help other wicked boys purloin melons
from the fruitful patch of nearby farmer
whose next-door neighbor wore an old
| fashioned peg leg, an accident having de-
| prved him of his natural one. These neigh
| bors were great cronies and were much to-
gether. One night in the melon season we
boys set up a scheme to break the har-
| mony between these old 'pardners.' We
| fixed up peg leg aid l strapped il on and
went into the melon patch, leaving trail
| of one foot aid a peg dot, easily followed
| all over the place. The next morning the
| owner, discovering that his patch had been
visited by wooden-legged man. went at
once to his old friend and said with much
feeling. 'Alonzo, why on earth did you rob
melons you wanted if you'd only asked me
| fur 'em. and | don't see why you wanted
/ to treat me that away Indignantly deny
1 ing that he had been out the night before,
| Lon said that the best way to settle it
| would be to go over and view the ground
Sure enough. waen they looked it over
! there were the tracks, and 'Lonzo was the
only man in the neighborhood who had
| wooden leg. But he finally frightened up
| as he put his hand on his grieved friends
|
| close you'll that the Teller who stole
| your melons was without his left leg. It's
| my right one that's gone That settled it,
| 1 had strapped the wooden pin to the
| wrong leg said the DOCTOR, but for which
| there might have been a tragedy
| The Hon. Michael d. White. leading at
| torney of Charlottesville and former men,
Der of Congress from Indiana, in town
Yesterday. He comes TO Indianapolis but
| few times year and in the summer HES
| himself homeward as speedily as possible
| when his business is flushed. preferring
! the cooling shades and classic atmosphere
| of the Hoosier Athens to the hot crowded
/ streets of a great city. But he tarried long
enough yesterday for his friends TO shake
| hands with him and inquire about the ''yal-
| lei dog" He met all of these inquiries with
a patient smile. 1t is said that will
| fight for his dog whenever it is necessary
| and Mr.. White has demonstrated that the
saying is about correct While he had no
occasion to fight for his dog he did more
he left his church on one occasion because
| II was necessary for the dog TO go.
This particular yellow dog came into the
White family several years ago under
some Misrepresentation. The head of the
family picked him UP when he was quite