The Thief.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 119, 31 December 1908, Page 3

The Thief.

Epicures prefer wild turkey to the tame, but clergymen are not epicurean, so when a certain preacher was asked out to dine with a member of his flock, he mentioned casually that a domestic turkey was what he liked. Accordingly, the member duly impressed it upon his negro servant that the turkey to be served at the dinner must be a tame one, and not wild as was the custom at the table. "Understand," said the host, "a domestic turkey—buy one, and make no mistake." The negro servant said he understood, and though the family funds were low at the time, the dinner proved most elaborate. How so little money had gone such a long way puzzled the host —till he started to carve the turkey, when a lot of shot fell upon the platter. "Ezekiel," said the host severely, "I thought I told you to get a domestic turkey?" "Yaas, sah," said Ezekiel; "that there's a real domestic turkey, sah." "But," objected the host, "look at the shot in it." Ezekiel grinned sheepishly. "Yass, Sah; I sees the shot, but them thaishot wasn't meant for the turkey—they was meant for me, Sah!"