Irish Mike's New Beat
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.