Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — It Was a Feast, Anyway. [ARTICLE]

It Was a Feast, Anyway.

The highwayman had called the good gentleman from his steed and at the point of his arquebus was compelling him to render unto seizer the things that were not seizer’s. The good gentleman protested, for he was rich in plunder, and was loath to give up to the robber. But the robber was greatly pleased with the situation and calmly proceeded to fill his pockets from the pockets of his victim. “My friend,” pleaded the good gentleman, “it is not meet that you should thus take my money, my watch, and my jewels.” z “I should say it wasn’t,” replied the robber, his eyes sparkling with greed and glee. “I should say it wasn’t meat; it’s pie.” Having secured all the good gentleman possessed, he added his richly caparisoned steed to his other accumulations and rode away laughing merrily.