Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1884 — A New Kind of Assets. [ARTICLE]

A New Kind of Assets.

“I am a quiet, unostentatious man, and never harm nobody, ” said the intruder, moistening the palms of his hands and taking a firmer grasp of the ax helve, “but if you don’t come down with sl7 to soothe my located feelings, there will be trouble here in Austin.” “Was the boy bitten so very badly by my dog V” asked the terrified owner of the animal, who was one of the most timid men in Austin. “He was bitten just sl7 worth,” replied the intruder, swinging the weapon around his head. “Here is your money,” replied the owner of the dog. The intruder put the money in his pocket, and was about to leave, when the proprietor of the dog remarked: “I hope your son was not bitten badly?” “Why, he ain’t my son. I havn’t got any son.” “Whose son is he then, and how did you come to demand money of me ?” “He is the son of a friend of mine, who owed me sl7, and he didn’t have any money. The only available assets he had were those dog bites on his son’s body, and he turned them over to me for collection, and I have collected them.” “Well, I declare!” “And stranger,” continued the man with the ax-handle, “if you or any of your family ever get bitten by a dog, and you want the damages collected promptly from the owner of the dog, let me know, and I will do it for you for 25 per cent, net, and furnish my own ax-handle.” —Texas Siftings.