Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1877 — ’Twas Only a Shadow. [ARTICLE]

’Twas Only a Shadow.

While half a dozen persons wife rolling along in a Michigan avenue horse car a man leaned across the aisle and said to another: “ Excuse me, but didn’t a big bug crawl down behind your collar?” “ Ooh ! Ouch !” exclaimed the other, as he leaped up and hauled off his coat. He looked the garment all over, but there was no bug to be seen. “ Perhaps it crawled down under your vest,” suggested the man. Off came the vest, and it was closely inspected without making any discoveries. The attentive stranger then made the victim turn around two or three times to see if the bug wasn’t hidden under the suspenders, and when a thorough search had been

made the stranger fat down and said “It was probably a shadow flitting across your collar, but I felt sure it was a bug. You can put on your coat and vest again. ” The more the victim thought about it the madder he got, but before he put on his coat the other man left the car and slid down Twelfth street as if he had grease on his heels. —Detroit Free Press.