The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-03
A Sad Tale

street. Just before we reached
Twenty-fifth street he slowed up
pretty sharp and ran close to the
curb.
"Then he swung to the left
without signal, stepped on the
gas, and I had to pay SIS to get
towed in to the repair shop and
SIS to have my ear sewed on
again. He didn't have any per-
nit"
Counsel-"He had a. PennsylT
vania permit once, your honor"
He might as well have the
measles"
81 just mentioned the fact for
what it's worth"
"You could have come nearer to
ii by keeping quiet. Whereabouts
in Pennsylvania Is your client
from"
Boob-"Ah's FUN Pittsbug."
Thumbs Down
MAN. this is your unlucly sea.
son. There's q lot of bad news
fluttering around whore you're
standing. Can't you hear the bat
wings flap? There's a great big
iabberwock right behind you, now,
with ewes like electric light bulbs,
and slathering jaws. looking 1pr
. place to land on. When you
take your collar off it'll be like
onenfng the door to him. Can't
YOU hear him sharpening ms
<claws?"
"Ah d-d-don' hyah muffin,
boss"
sornethin9 - something sad ana
melancholy, like clods of moldy
earth thudding on a coffin lid
sadder than the sound of seven
bones slipping out OF your hand
onto your weeks wages at the
second throw. And I don't mean
next Christmas. You're going 10
hear 1t within the next -FOUR
breaths. And in ten days or 80
you're. going to hear something
pitifuI from pittsburgh
The Happy Ending
Counsel trying to cheer him
up), "WeII, it's a long road tnat
has no concrete stretches, your
honor. He'll hear some good
news. too"
rou he'll hear something pleas
ant-maybe a few days sooner
If he behaves well in the brlck-
ward. Is he prepared?
'He's rigid, your honor. Inc
or,v mart of him that's alive is
his ears" L,+
Tho heart to do 1t. No, it's too
r,o,,cn for the boy to hear. A
pittsburgh man-'twonld not De
FSir Leave ten dollars, and
we'll call it square.
Zeppelined
whats this aggregation-tne
French debt commission
''It's those parking cases your
honor. They're all alike ana
they re all going to plead sul'S'
There's thirteen of them:
First boob (gaspingC Inirteen:
And / was caught on Tnlrteehiin "a
street. might as wen pe ~
the air service for all the cilanoe
I stand. I'm sunk" on
The cop: "He was parkeu o1
Thirteenth street between " anu
II from 10 a. m. to noon' your
honor"
Air Service
Rooh: I had a puncture just
after crossing H street, your nonor'
and I stopped at a tire shop
there. for a new tube. got back
inst as my hour was up, ex.
nact,nr to drive right away, and
thev told me the casing was
S IN and ia have to get
ne W onIv. had 1892 on me. and
hy the time I'd raised the
.eThat sounds plausible enough.
ANYONE else got an abb ike
that2"
Too Good
Next boob: "I'd been out of a
iob' for three months, your honor
and was down to my last inner
tube when I landed this Joo
October l.
ever he tells you to do thing
he wants it done without question,
and he wants it done YESTERDAY.
"The very first day OF the job
when / started out in the morn
ing. he called me back ana l
parked in the GlrSt place 1 COulu
grab and he kept me in the office
until noon. l didn't like to In
terrupt him to ask If I could go
out and change my car"
What business are you in?'
I'm an insurance agent"
IF you can talk to your pros
poets as convincingly as you do
to the court, you should be able
to pay 81"