Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1910 — PLATED OR OTHERWISE. [ARTICLE]

PLATED OR OTHERWISE.

There was a small crowd at the soda counter - when the tall man rushed In and pushed an empty bottle over the drug scales. “Acid!" be whispered, excitedly. “Ten cents’ worth of acid, and quick!" The soda-water crowd began to sit up and take notice. “What’s he going to do with that acid ?” demanded one. “It’s a secret,” answered the drug clerk. “Nothing unusual, I hope?” “Well, rather.” “What! You mean to say he Is going to take that acid?” “Oh, no. Listen. There Is a silver wedding at his house tonight and he Is going to test the presents as fast as his friends bring them.” And then and there they voted him the meanest man in town.