Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1910 — la This the Meanest Man? [ARTICLE]

la This the Meanest Man?

Instances of remarkable and ingenious selfishness are, unfortunately, not hard to find. A writer in the New York Sun gives one which would be difficult to match. Two strangers met at one of the small tables'in a dining car. They found a common bond in the effort to secure something to eat, and by the time the coffee came they were on friendly terms. ~ "I wonder if you will do me a favor,” said the first one, as he paid his bill. The other man seemed receptive, and the first one continued: "Have you a lower berth for tonight?” The man across the table nodded. “Well, I’m traveling with my mother, who is well along in life, and I’m anxious to make her comfortable. Would you be willing to give her your berth?” “I should be delighted,” responded the stranger. They went back to the sleeper, where the accommodating man was presented to the old lady, and was radiating with a sense of charitable kindness. It led him to remark affably to the other man: “ Bu t where are you going to sleep?” “Oh, that’s all right,” was the answer. “That’s my lower over there.’'