Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1896 — She Respected His Dignity. [ARTICLE]

She Respected His Dignity.

A Scotch woman was returning by a train from a market town,- where she had made a few purchases. Just as the last bell rang a fussy gentleman, elegantly dressed, and with a “mind-thy-self” looking face, rushed into the compartment, flung himself hastily into a corner, pulled out an evening paper and proceeded to devour its contents. Hardly had he become seated when the woman timidly addressed him: “I am very sorry, sir, but ” “I never listen to beggars," fiercely interrupted the gentleman. “If you annoy me further I’ll report you.” The woman's eye?;flashed, then twinkled. She said no more, and the old gentleman retired with an angry frown behind his paper. All went merrily as a marriage bell until the train arrived at Cromlade, when the “auld wife,” in stepping out, again addressed the churlish individual in the corner: “I care na, sir, whether ye report me or no, but I want that pound of butter ye’ve been sittln’ on for these last six mile.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.