Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1884 — She Caught On Quite Readily. [ARTICLE]

She Caught On Quite Readily.

“Why this sadness, Henry ?” she asked across the cosy tea table the other evening. “Nellie, prepare yourself to hear bad news.” “W—what is it?” “I—l ” “Oh! Henry!” “I have failedl” “No!” “Yes, indeed.” “For how much?” “For $50,000.” “Oh! I’m so glad, glad, glad! I am, of couse, a preferred creditor for at least $49,000 of it, and now we’ll have a home of our own, and we’ll furnish it in the cosiest manner, and ma shall come to live with us, and—and—oh! what a dear good husband you are!”— Wall Street News.