Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1878 — A Good-Hearted Man. [ARTICLE]

A Good-Hearted Man.

A stranger who boarded a Michigan avenue car at Jefferson avenue yesterday forenoon did not mind the fare-box until a woman came aboard and dropped in her nickel. She was talking with another woman about the fever sufferers as she did so, and the man pricked up his ears and also put in a nickel. A fourth, fifth and sixth passenger got aboard and paid their fares, and every time a nickel went into the box the stranger “saw” it. By-and-by, after he had deposited ten fares, to the great amusement of other passengers, an old woman with a basket took her seat and sent her fare along, and at the same time happened to look across at the good-hearted man. “Bluff, is it!” he called out as he rose up and went down for big change. “Well, if a crow'd like this ’ere can bluff me on yellow-fever nickel subscriptions then I’ll eat my boots! Here, you walleyed crowd, climb over this two-dollar bill and I’ll drop in a five!” He pushed the money into the box, and the driver opened the door and inquired : “Do you want change?” “Change? Not a red! I’m waiting for this caboodle to call my hand if they dare!”— Detroit Free Press.