Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1889 — Just Looked at Him. [ARTICLE]
Just Looked at Him.
Sometimes an impudent ruffian get* his due at the hands of a woman. Not long ago a modest, well-bred girl paused for a moment on a street corner to await the coming of a friend whom ■he had left indoors. A man saw th« stationary feminine figure, and, approaching, began with confidence to talk about the weather, and inquire the young woman’s destination. He was met with a stony stare. He braved it for a moment and talked on, but presently his words began to fail, he repeated himself, he stammered, he stuttered, he even blushed under the cool, •urprised eyes, and in the end he turned and almost ran away from the woman he was insulting.— Chicago ts the clothing house: “I want a bang-up, common sense suit One that’ll be dressy and not too good for buar ness.” “That’s just the oheeae. Every way equal to custom made. Nobody’ll know the difference, and a third less in price. Sanwithing madeun would cost you-—” IFm; yes. How much have I got to pay for an overcoat to match T .“I can sell yon an overcoat There, ain’t thatadafsy? Silk lined, for #-tc you, you know, “ «°t any o’ them thirty-seven cent suspender* left, I’m coming all t* faeces?” Dealer does him up a pair in a hurry, and forgets to ask him to call again.— Neat Haven Register,
