Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1911 — The Mistake of the Boy. [ARTICLE]

The Mistake of the Boy.

Chelsea claims to have a woman who is entitled to a place in the Hall of Fame. She lives on Gardner street, and Saturday night ordered a bottle of medicine from a drug store. The proprietor sent an errand boy with the parcel, for which the woman paid him 39 cents.

Upon his return to the store the boy discovered that one of the coins which the woman had given him was a $2.50 gold piece. He went back through the pouring rain, rang the bell and tendered the coin, explaining that she had given it to him In place of a penny. “Why. I had no gold piece,” she piled. “Someone must have given it to me for a penny. Isn”t that lovely! I owe you a cent, then. Here.” And giving the boy a cen,t she slammed the door In his face. —Boston Herald