A squad car driver was covering a quiet beat out
in the sticks when he was amazed to find a former
lieutenant on the police force covering the beat.
He stopped the car and asked, "Why, Irish Mike,
this wouldn't be your new beat out here in the
sticks, would it?"
"That it is, "Irish Mike replied grimly, "ever
since I arrested the judge on his way to the
masquerade ball."
"You mean you pinched his honor?" asked Pat.
"How was I to know that his convict suit was only
a costume?" demanded Mike.
"Well," mused Pat, "there's a lesson in this
somewhere."
"That there is," replied Irish Mike...."
'Tis wise never to book a judge by his cover."