Two Footpads

  Two Footpads sat at their grog in a roadside resort, comparing the
evening's adventures.

  "I stood up the Chief of Police," said the First Footpad, "and I
got away with what he had."

  "And I," said the Second Footpad, "stood up the United States
District Attorney, and got away with - "

  "Good Lord!" interrupted the other in astonishment¹ and admiration² -
"you got away with what that fellow had?"

  "No," the unfortunate narrator explained - "with a small part of
what I had."