A boy sought refuge behind a water trough and routed his enemy with a few handfuls of water. Filled with a spirit of deviltry, he grasped the opportunity of playing a joke on a chap who was drawing a bucket of water from the trough. He induced the “ mark” to hold his hat in the crook of his arm while, during the course of a funny story, he filled the hat with water. The innocent victim, seeing no humor in the story, attempted to put hat on, whereby he was drenched. He seized the joker threateningly and was about to duck him the trough, when the approach of a mutual friend prompted him to extend the joke. The second sucker was treated like the first, and after a comical mix-up, the three decided to take it out on Pat, the alderman, who was approaching. Pat’s high hat looked like easy meat for the jokers, and with the aid of a few cigars and much persuasion, they succeeded in getting the alderman to listen to the story. The hat was filled with water and the expectant jokers waited for the denouement. It came, but not as they had expected. Pat carefully lifted a tin can from his hat and poured the water on the ground. The jokers collapsed and the alderman started away the victor in the big joke.