Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 251, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1911 — Invited to a Shakedown. [ARTICLE]

Invited to a Shakedown.

Beddingford Is a good man not to Invite to take luncheon with you these days. This is the reason as he tells it himself: “I was just putting on my hat and coat to go out to my midday milk and crackers banquet when Helm came along and said: “‘Come and lunch with me. I know a swell place not far from here.’ "I accepted, wondering at the same time what had come over Helm, for he is known as the office, ‘tightwad.* It was a swell little place and we did get a good lunch, and when the checks came Helm took them both and then said to the waiter: *Bring us some dice.’ r ' * "I wondered what the dice were for, but when they arrived Helm said: 1 • 'Now, rn ten what well do. We'll shake to see who pays the bin.’ ”