Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — FIXED TO LAUGH AT OLD H. C. L. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIXED TO LAUGH AT OLD H. C. L.

Dining Car Chef Would Surely Have Had One Good Meal but for the Police. Chicago.—George Abraham Lincoln TftggTf >*on, being a dining car ohef and rather a deep student of philosophy, saw no good reason why he should go hungry—or, In fact,Why he should spend good money oh the upkeep of Ids gastronomical machinery when food was so easy for him to obtain. He also had In mind the saying, “Get wiilie the getting is good, and get nil you can when you can.’’ _ Which explains his presence in the Hen nit Crossing police ' station. - Policeman .Tames Gallagher, having TTHlscernihg^Fnd' appraising eye fo~r"

the grace and the symmetry of the human contour, stopped short when he gazed upon George. There was too much of a swagger to his walk. He was too tall to be humpbacked, tod well gaited to have such a bulging front. Why, there were knobs all over him. He looked like a human blackthorn -stick that was swollen in-the middle. —— ~ Gallagher took him in to show him to his pals—and then there came a revelation. Besides a heavy conscience, George Abraham Lincoln Thompson was carrying : ; .. . » 15 pounds choice rib roast. 1 dressed chicken. 4 cans of mushrooms. 1 can of baked pork and beans. 3 1-pound tins of coffee. 3 pounds-of bacon. 4 pounds of butter. George confessed. He had taken the food from the dining car, and was going home for a light breakfast. Poor George! Bread and - coffee for his. • *

Stopped Short When He Gazed Upon George.