Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1915 — Shocking the Lady [ARTICLE]

Shocking the Lady

An American visitor to London, who possessed a vivid imagination, was speaking to An English lady whose knowledge of America Was Tory limited. “I suppose,” the lady remarked, shuddering, “it is common enough over there to see two or three lynching! every day?” “Oh, quite!” the American agreed wearily. “Apd I suppose you have seen people lynched!” she suggested. “Yes, oh, yes!" he assured her brightly. "The last lynching I was at was just before I sailed. I was dining with some friends at a restaurant In New York, when the waiter brought us some pudding that we didn’t like.- After we had tasted it we decided to hang the waiter, so we strung him up to one of the chandeliers.” The lady gazed at him in horror. “And do you mean to tell me,” she gasped, “that you took part in this horrible crime?” “No,” the American replied, "I was not present at the actual hanging.” “You had gone for the police, hope?” she said severely. “Well, not exactly,” the American explained. “I was too busy in the kitchen!” “Busy?” she asked. “Doing what?" “Shooting the cook!” he seriously replied.