Dinty was hard to discourage in his coquettishness, and he flirted desperately, and without the least embarrassment to himself. Unfortunately he was unlucky in one of his flirting excursions, as he picked out a lady whose husband had the ...See moreDinty was hard to discourage in his coquettishness, and he flirted desperately, and without the least embarrassment to himself. Unfortunately he was unlucky in one of his flirting excursions, as he picked out a lady whose husband had the nastiest temper and was the most unreasonable when he got angry, of any flirt discourager alive. Husband gave Dinty a fair and gentlemanly warning and fate was against him until he discovered that he was unintentionally taking a bath in the wife's bathtub. Also he discovered that husband was in the near vicinity with two Krupps, and that the means of exit from the bathroom led right past husband. How flirts miraculously escape, how innocent people get mixed up in pursuits they don't want to, and how some people live through terrible experiences was proven here. The result of it all was that Dinty tried to escape on a streetcar in his kimono. The conductor was willing, the motorman was unwilling and Dinty was unwilling, but husband was close behind with his trusty Krupps, and Dinty just naturally had to keep going to perish from a shot in the excitement. The chase eventually stopped, but it stopped when the streetcar conductor stopped in the middle of a railroad crossing when a train was due to pass. The only thing that got stopped was Dinty's inclination for flirting. The crash was heard for miles and several policemen lost their dignity trying to escape from the onrushing train. As Dinty went up on a sliver from the cowcatcher he remarked that flirting does not pay. Written by
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