A Joke on the Jokers.
One finds a queer admixture of pathos and humour in obscure corners of the Yankee Press at times. Such is the story of six Ohio navvies who though tq play a brutal old joke on the pet dog of one- of their number. With almost" inconceivable callousness they tied a stick of dynamite to the creature’s tall and ran away, expecting to see the dog scamper away and get blown to pieces. But they miscalculated the nature of th-» poor brute, probably judging it by their own standard. The affectionate cur rail after its brutal master. They dashed into a shed and slammed the door to, but it crawled in after them under the door. As they tried to scramble out, th* dynamite exploded. Shed and dog wer* blown to smithereens, and alt the joker* were seriously injured. There should b« a stiltue erected to the memory of that dog.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 13, 27 March 1912, Page 10
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155A Joke on the Jokers. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 13, 27 March 1912, Page 10
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