New-York tribune., 1910-02-20
When q Joke Came True

When Joke Came True
THE imp Of mischief tnat has ms haDIt1l IG.ri-
within the soul OF most every man oltell
ma b-s YOU do things against your VIII. aIl1
,-S7-7slIv IS this the case with I)T4ctlcaI jokes
You know that YOU should not DO 1t, ana you
feel that YOU do not want 10 90 H. ana yet Jhe
mn --r7-,eIs YOU 10 the act. had some reputa-
non for Having tricks on my ITleIdS' ana one
evening sitting n q VIENNA " tf'lA.fot w d
r,zr4z- OF nv colleagues one iussy OIc reno"
--,.-,,e5 C4oe- declared that the man DID not
st who could fool HIM with any practlcal
ok We were al appearing at the Royal
Theare- and when Neger gave utter'1lCe 10 HIS
def ! made rlp my mind 10 take MN up,
Accordingly. briblng an Office attendant al
- Ro,-el Theater ! secured some ofhclaI
e+a-ior7erv and wrote a letter TO Seger, IN the
-7s-77. Of the Roval Theater directors. winch
believed would most please my JOKE proc!
friend He was always N neel OF 1IloIleN 81
-,r74F nv letter TO say that, IN corSeq uece OF
r. r-..+ = F,-1Irv and his superior knoWledge OF
INC The management Of the koEai IhtiteT
requested him 10 accept a bonus ol H"Et " ~
sa7ld marks as . token OF Its =I2ITeCIa tlo1 ~
S,Is-.s efforts Present this letter 70 the
treasurer the letter real1 GIN ~
celve the money ,-
So -sr,-ry-d the letter and, unable 10 con
IN himself from pride and satisfaction IN
,,fefi al the company 10 De present a. 1iIO
treasurer ; Office tor. Sal1 it' -1o Fl" 80 -,
=. - what would happen NO one, OF cOuISe,
l,,-,,- erceDt u1vseIf what was 10 happen anu anu
- IN 7rraagIne Seger anger and NOR Lio4-
,-l7-r7 the treasurer smiled and suggested ina
~ had been made the victim OF . lIaCti~1t 80
= hen al the company. by special lIlFlIdIloL
of the victim laughed at him also oNeI l - -
+sTle-7 s,,ch easy prey 70 q prank 0e2er qld los
iC,u v-bo Dlaved the trick on him. but ne had
n de- that I was the culpr1t. 50 ne quitC
1,rr,7sIl,- determined TO at once get rev 'eIie0 ~
ne for his own troubles. -,.,-,1 com
For sometime / had hoped Tor al ICy1I lf -
ma before Emperor I4-L2 II
- ,,-..s generally known, and ot couIse 49,
-, :, 70 When | received 4 despatch oI
-, 2 1905 at Graft. where we "eIe
,,,5,7l, stating that his Majesty tle i~liiiJi
il7r,-f my immediate presence at - Cl-. -
=. 80 ~ court | became irnIIle'll'lIeIy
-5,--l,r,S and decided that StSeI +" -. ;T'
pl.-,- =, = hurry. Ny wIfe ho"eVeI' =!
MS lS'CHs l-o-,ld make sure that II was III
deed Joke .t,a +a1.r,h1ne operator
-. ID through liberal TIP SCI u e - Il
= 80 y would never De klo"tl I-,,~-
11..3 IN the Vienna Opera from ..1l,ef 10
0a-i'- - C1ruectiOn with Vienna ti-
se'tiils tiis - of the Royal Opera ana con
the ei!ieI =. an on general topics. belore
could make my llrsI Ie el''y
the director eXClaiIleu- H. c1.zsLyf I should
L. Son Slezak, roya4 Silisc, - re
-. h. exclamation that ne ~ - --J,yo;,7+ed
.;,--i word that the I,--;tte1 word by
- E-,,u,uersdHger. no "llIOOI- -, - me-
me royal p ~ h. said had yet been sent me
man oI the despatch had been q Iloa-A
kIle" II4e - friend SegeTi but tlAt at 'Lle
-, ~ my calling up L4S - - f.1sit,y Of
+lI.-,l7one TO discover lhe = u II -, re-
-. 7.eII,.+rh the real mess - IA moi vet
eeiy.-d from the palace Oy g The old adage Of
been transmitted 10 Ii0a ;, r. was once more
he who digs 4 grave
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