Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1911 — A Tragic Incident. [ARTICLE]

A Tragic Incident.

A druggist and his assistant were sadly worried recently. A little girt probably six years old, wandered in, sobbing bitterly. Sbe was lost. As long aB she cried nothing coaid be' done, for sbe was the only one competent to give the name and address of tfte lost home. Working under thistbeory the druggist fed her chocolates to quiet her. It was of no avail, however, for at each question the ‘ sobbing was resumed/ ' The tears mads light streaks down the little chocolate coated countenance. Finally the mother found her baby:. She took the child from the store, and as she stooped to wipe away thevisible signs of grief, she asked why the druggist had not been told tbs .name and number. Here Is what the listening clerk heard: *1 w-w-w-was af-f-f-fraid he'd 1-1-1-laugh!” The druggist realised he had witnessed a tragic episode in the life of a little stutterer,—lndianapolis Newa,