An Officer and a Thug
An
Officer and a Thug
A Chief of Police who had
seen an Officer beating a Thug was very indignant, and said he must not do so
any more on pain of dismissal. “Don’t be too hard on me,” said the Officer,
smiling; “I was beating him with a stuffed club.” “Nevertheless,” persisted the
Chief of Police, “it was a liberty that must have been very disagreeable,
though it may not have hurt. Please do not repeat it.” “But,” said the
Officer, still smiling, “it was a stuffed Thug.”
In attempting to express his
gratification, the Chief of Police thrust out his right hand with such violence
that his skin was ruptured at the arm-pit and a stream of sawdust poured from
the wound. He was a stuffed Chief of Police.
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