human
How was it? the Big One said,
gpt
None of that, said J. I. D., who was a wise guy,
human
I know you have a habit of taking small change from strangers' pockets.
gpt
You will either become a reputable politician, for you have the requisite character, or you will die young.
human
I forgot my watch. I must have left it home.
gpt
No, said Jack,
human
Jack, I can trust you. I put it there just to test your honesty.
gpt
I know right well you did, for you are a wise guy.
human
and was often nailed, and frequently brought before Magistrate D----, his old friend. He always got the benefit of the doubt. One day he was arraigned before the magistrate, who asked the flyman the nature of the complaint. It was the same as usual--dipping. Jack, of course, was indignant at such an awful accusation, but the magistrate told him to keep still, and, turning to the policeman, asked the culprit's name. When the copper told him, the magistrate exclaimed:
gpt
Why, that is not his name. I knew him twenty years ago, and he was a d---- rascal then; but that was not his name.
human
He was hounded by a copper looking for a reputation. Jack, when he was set free, turned to the magistrate, and said:
gpt
Your honor, I thank you, but you only did your duty to an innocent man. The magistrate had a good laugh, and remarked:
human
Jack, I wouldn't believe you if you swore on a stack of Bibles.
gpt
for something he did not do, although he has done a hundred other things for which he has never been pinched, he will put up such a wail against the abominable injustice that an honest man accused of the same offense would seem guilty in comparison. The honest man, even if he had the ability of a Philadelphia lawyer, could not do the strong indignation act that is characteristic of the unjustly accused grafter. Old thieves guilty of a thousand crimes will nourish revenge for years against the copper or judge who sends them up to