Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1890 — A Narrow View of the Case. [ARTICLE]

A Narrow View of the Case.

“I always laugh,” relates an old resident, “when I remember an experience I had when a boy. I lived in the country, and one day myself and another boy had occasion to go to town. He owed me fifty cents and was to pay me when we reached town, where he intended to get change for sl. In going to town Ave had to cross a creek. It was early in winter aud the ice was strong enough to hold me, but he Avas a great deal heavier, and in following me he broke through. He at once began to yell and scramble for dear life. The water was quite deep and he Avas in considerable danger. “ ‘By Jove,’ I exclaimed, as I puffed and panted after my exertion, ‘it was a pretty tough job getting you out of that creek.’ “ ‘Yes, gol darn it,’ he replied, ‘and you wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t owed you fifty cents.’”—Milwaukee Wisconsin.