Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1887 — The Ruling Passion. [ARTICLE]

The Ruling Passion.

“Well, old boy, you seem in good spirits,” said Jones to his friend Jollyboy, who was in the last stages of consumption. “You are determined to keep up vour heart, live or die, I take it.” “You bet! I’m bound to prove one of those confounded old savings false, anyhow.” “Which one?” “Laugh and grow fat. I laugh enough to weigh a ton. ” “How's your appetite? Here’s some California grapes. Can you digest them?” “I’ll try it once for luck. Just hand over that pepsin bottle." “What’s that for?” “Like all that blasted bad-tasting ’pothecary stuff there, merely to help a poor chap todie-iest.”