Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1898 — The Bloke that Sneaked the Coal. [ARTICLE]

The Bloke that Sneaked the Coal.

At a board school recently, during scripture lesson, the teacher was explaining to the clnss about the devil being everywhere to catch bad children, and said, as an example, that he was in the classroom at that moment. “And is he at our house?” asked one 3f the boys. “Yes,” said the teacher, “he is.” “And is he in our coal house?” he asked again. “Yes,” was the answer. Then replied the youngster: “I’ll tell my father, for that must be the bloke that sneaks our coal.”—Spare Moments.