Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1895 — His Clothes Were Deceiving. [ARTICLE]

His Clothes Were Deceiving.

A queer incident took place yesterday in the otiice of one of the natural gas companies. A seedy-looking and poorly dressed man entered the office and asked for the president The clerk whom he addressed had been annoyed more than usual of late by beggars and tramps and replied brusquely: “Well, he don’t want to see you, so clear out uuless you have some business here, and If you have you can transact it with me.” “All right, I can deal with you. I did want to refer the president to a customer who Is desirous of taking some stock in a new enterprise lio is about to embark in. But I can see him at another time when he is not so carefully guarded by such zealous subordinates. 1 will pay the gas bill for my North Meridian street house, however, and i suppose you will be good enough to take my money.” The clerk’s eyes bulged until they were In danger of dropping from tliei • position when he was handed from a well-filled wallet a himdred-clollar bill to change in payment of a good-sized monthly account, lie had been dunlin with one of the city’s most prominent and prosperous workingmen who did not see it nodessary to cease ills mat - ual labor because he had accumulated a fair proportion of wealth.—lndiana; oils Sentinel.