Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1911 — DOLLAR BILL HAS ROMANCE [ARTICLE]

DOLLAR BILL HAS ROMANCE

Man Contemplating Buieide Changes His Mind and Wine Fortune—Getil . Money in Change. Chicago.—A dilapidated one dollar bill, passed out from the ticket window of one of the local theaters, disclosed the other day as Btrange a romance as ever was dreamed of by a writer of fiction. The legal tender, which bore a message of despair written on its face, fell into the owner’s hands after fifteen years of wander* Ing through the west and the gold fields of Alaska. / The man who had written the message was Roy Denton, a native of New York state, who fifteen years ago went west to find his fortune. Bad luck followed his undertakings and sickness followed. JHe spent his last dollar 'for medicine, and in his disheartened condition he wrote on Its face: “This is my last dollar. R. D.” The medicine did not give the desired relief, and in his distressed state of mind, being without funds or friends, he wandered down to the bay. With the intention of ending his life. On the way to the wharf he was discovered by a former schoolmate, to whom he confided his troubles. The meeting resulted in Denton changing bis mind, and the following week the two schoolmates started for Nome, Alaska, where Denton took a claim which yielded him a fortune. Forjhe last three years he has been traveling In the orient, returning to America last month, and was on bis way to his old home. He stopped off in Chicago between trains and accompanied by a friend, went to a local theater. He gave a five-dollar bill in payment for two seats and received in return two one-dollar hills. As the money reached his hands, Alfred 8. Witsenhausen, the ticket seller, noticed the man scrutinizing the bill, turning visibly pale and exclaiming: "There's a dollar I never expected to see again.” hausen to make further Inquiries, and he revealed the story of bis bad luck and subsequent fortune. ■ ’’l wouldn't sell this bUI for all the monev in the world." said Denton, as he walked away from the box office, window. . *,