Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1892 — Has His Revenge. [ARTICLE]

Has His Revenge.

“Ha! ha! ha!” laughed Reggy Merriman, “ha! ha! ha!” and he stuffed another suit into his overcrowded valise. “Well, old man,” said his college chum, who was helping him pack, “what do you find so funny in your thoughts just now a penny for them!” “Oh, they’re worth more—they’re rich—such a joke, ha, ha!” “Explain, or I’ll dump the contents of this valise on the floor again.” “Do you see that box?” “Yes, old man; what of it?” “It’s full of Christmas presents.” “Oh, come off, you’re crowding the season.” “Wait a bit. They’re my Christmas presents. That is the joke. Say?” “Yes, old man.” “You know I have a cousin Jenny in Jackson?” “Yesl ” “She’s in.the joke; and there’s my married sister Em at Lansing, and Bob’s wife at Pontiac, and Lil and Kate; they are other fellow’s sisters. Oh, how I do love those girls, and they, every one, will get a Christmas present out of that box.” “Why, what’s in it?” “The presents they sent me every Christmas for the past six years, ha! ha!” “But what are they?” “Have patience. They’ll save me a lot of money.” “Tell me, so I can adopt the same scheme.” “I’ll send them back all their own presents. Ha, ha!” “But, for heaven’s sake, what are they?” “Suspenders, man! Embroidered suspendersi Ha, ha! Revenge is sweet! Ha, ha, ha!”—Free Press.