Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1898 — The Mother Was Not Deceived. [ARTICLE]

The Mother Was Not Deceived.

He was a tired looking young man as he leaned up against a shade tree on Miami avenue, and the patrolman who came along and halted to look him over finally queried: “Well, what are you doing here?” “More or less t-tight,” was the answer. “What’s that paper you have In your hand?”

“You can have it.” “Bank check, eh?” said the officer as he scanned it under the light. “Have you been trying to work a confidence game?” “Oh, no,” replied the young man as he yawned sleepily. “That was a little racket on my own account.” “How do you mean?” “Why, I’m going with a girl who loves me for myself alone, but her mother looks at the cash side of the question.” “And you filled out this check to deceive her?” “That’s what I did. I showed her that I had $3,000 In the bank, but what did she do but post right down there and find out that I didn’t have a hair pin on deposit.” “And what?” “Why, that’s how I came to get tight. She showed me the door and I knew from the way she closed It behind me that the syndicate was busted, and so I went to ruin at the nearest saloon!” Detroit Free Press.