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Robbed Of His Jest

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Day
24
Month
November
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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Sam Foote, the English dramatis and wit, once made a jest which cos him dear. It was af ter he had opened the Haymarket Theatre on his own account, and was doing well in the way of rnoney-making. One evening as he was walking alone down a street in the neighborfcocd of Oxford lloid, he was accosted by a man who very politely asked him i f he would be so kind as to tirect him to Newgate Prisor. Now it was utterly impossible for Foote to return a civil answer if he saw an opportunity for a jest, and few men could flnd material for a jest so well as he. He straightway answered the fellow: "My good fellow, you have ouly to rob the first man you meet, and you'll flnd your way there easily." Very unfortunately for Sam Foote, Esquire, it chanced that this man was a notorious footpad, who waa on his way to visit. if possible, a pad who was in limbo. "My dear man," said the highwayman, who had originally held Dot one thought of evil towards the gentleman whom he had honestly interrogated. 'Til try the experiment on you as that happens to be my profession. And now, sir, you know the alternativo. There's a pair of bullets in this pistol, and they're f jr that witty brain of yours if you don't give up what little you possess of value aboutyourperson, instanter." Foote delivered. He could do nothng else, for he knew that this man was n earnest. llobbed of his watch and purse, and robbed of his jest! lt would 3e hard to teil which occasioneel him the most chagriD.

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