In front of a store, a man stood with an unit cigar in his mouth. When a policeman came close to him, the man quickly explained, "I' m just waiting for a friend. It' s an appointment(约定) made twenty years ago. It may sound funny, but I' ll explain. Twenty years ago, there was a restaurant here."
"It was pulled down five years ago," the policeman replied.
The man lit his cigar and continued, "Twenty years ago tonight,I dined with my best friend Jimmy Wells. The next morning I was to travel to the West to make my fortune. We made an appointment to meet here exactly twenty years later. I travelled a thousand miles for this, believing Jimmy would come if he's alive."
After some time,a tall man approached the waiting man. "Is that you, Bob?" he asked.
"Is that you, Jimmy Wells?" the waiting man exclaimed.
"Yes, it's Bob. I knew I'd find you here if you were still alive," said the tall man.
They went to a bright coffee shop to talk about old times. But when the man from the West looked at the tall man's face, he suddenly stopped. "You' re not Jimmy Wells," he said. "Twenty years isn't enough to completely change a person's appearance."
"It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one," the tall man replied. "You' ve been under arrest (逮捕) for ten minutes. Chicago police expected you might come here. Here' s a note from Jimmy Wells."
The man from the West read the note:"Bob:I was on time. When you lit your cigar, I saw you were the man wanted in Chicago. I got another policeman to arrest you. Jimmy."