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.