Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1894 — COAXED INTO CONFESSION. [ARTICLE]

COAXED INTO CONFESSION.

Th* Skeleton In a Family Vloaet Revealed Under Dtirsn, The principal of a Philadelphia Sunday school has a fondness for statistics, anil the other day he directed the teachers to ascertain the occupations of the parents of all the scholars in their respective classes. The inquiry progressed smoothly until it reached the Infant class, wheie one small redheaded and freckled Ixiy obstinately refused to give any Information, says the Detroit Free Press. Tnt your father living, Willie* inquired tne teacher. “Yes'm,” "Doesn't he wovk'f* "No'm." ' "Bfif ho RfpporiM you and mamma, docsii'l bo 9 " The small scholar assented, emphatically. “Then isn’t he in business?" "Kind of." Visions of a gambler in a checked suit and diamond studs, or a saloonkeeper dealing out ilery fluids, crossed the teacher's mind. ’•William," she urged, apprehensively, "what does your father do?” There was a moment's pause, whi'e the sobs in the small boy began to rise to the fre 'kied surface. “My pa," he siiid, weepingly, "ain’t in any regular business. Ho s de bearded lady in de museum and musftid it I give it awav she d 'Valu me. u