The Washington herald., 1917-12-02
sheets and shirts.

opce there was a man who worked
on shifting engine. =
His Job was no cinch. He soiled
more shirts than any two Chinamer
could wash. All the rest OF the
clothes were solled. too. =
One day as he was shifting an ex.
press car about, q thought came tc
him. Folks sent shirts by express
There might be some in the car.
He looked. He found some. He
took them. Then. he breathed easier
His conscience troubled less than the
soiled shirts he wore.
But. drat 1t all. cop was looking.
These cops are always looking at the
wrong time.
The man. David sheetz. almost col
lapsed when he was arrested. He had
no idea a cop was around. He was
locked up.
II something wasn't done with fell
lows like him. the express companies
would have to take a back seat.
Sheetz had no excuse for stealing
shirts. The devil possessed him, he
said. It's likely that SIS fine will
scare tne ueVll away.
She Sure Ran.
"Jedge, nah husband told me he
wuz gonna kill me. He tole me to
say smuh prayers. He got outen his
razor. He feels de edge. Den he
Gums ober to me-"
you are still alive and kicking. How
did you get away"
"Jedge." said Irene, "Ah am fohty-
two yeahs old. And de good Lawd
knows All amt fohgot how to run.
All was four blocks ahead OBJ him all
de time. Den l runs in de police sta
tion.''
Nav. nav, Jedge," said Tom, the
husband. "Ah stahted ter shave. She
musta thought All was gwine shave
her. She's too tough fob any man ter
shave, Jedge."
"Yes. know that" said the court.
but even the dullest razor can cut
into anybody. 1t looks as though you
really meant to kill her. That would
make too much OF a mess l think"
And SO Tom must furnish a real es-
tate bond or go to Jail for 30 days.
Irene had her eye glued to him all the
time. She isn't going to take any
chances.
Over Here.
John Greene Is the captain OF a gang
of boys who go out on the vacant lot
and drill whenever the weather per-
mits.
There Is one recruit" in the COM
pany. His name is Isaac Brown. 1t
has taken Isaac two months to tell
his left foot from his right foot.
He always falls out OF nne. he halts
at the wrong time and he is sassy to
his superior" officer.
One day six of them were drilling
under the direction OF John. Isaac
was particularly troublesome that day.
He was threatened with court mar
tiar' several times.
Presently John came over to him
and batted him on the ear with a
broomstick gun. The captain was
Isaacs mother was looking proudly
on until she saw the blow. She ran
over and grabbed John. The rest OF
the brigade made tracks for other
parts. They retreated without the
order.
John was whipped. 1t would have
to humiliation II his men
had remained. His mother had
Isaac's mother arrested.
And the court settled the whole af-
fair by fining her $ and admonished
her not to interfere with the military.
They Were Going in Business.
Five stick pins, one suit of clothes,
three pocketbooks. $2.H in cash. one
vest, one sweater. six packs of
cigarettes. one shirt, one watch. one
pair OF shoes. one overcoat and an
other pocketbook.
The above is not what you might
find in a lady's shopping bag, the kind
they make of cretonne. 1t is the loot
taken by Lorenzo Butler and Sam
Peelc.
These two boys had just escaped
from the reform school. No sooner
had they got out than they began to
take whatever they could find. Every
article represents a different theft.
Lorenzo and Sam are going to be
locked up again.
The court sent them back to the re-
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