Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — The Traveling-Man’s Tale. [ARTICLE]

The Traveling-Man’s Tale.

“1 had a strange experience with an intoxicated man irf a telegraph office down State the other day,” says a' traveling man. “Was in a hurry to send a message myself, but this fellow was leaning against the receiver’s window al if he was camped there for the n'ght. He muttered a lot of fool stuff to the man behind the screen, but 1 couldn’t hear what it was. Finally 1 got impatient and shoved my message over hie shoulder. At the same time I saw the scrawl this souse was endeavoring to get .on the wire. It was addressed to somebody in New Or “He fumbled in his pocket, pro duced 62 cents in small change and started away. ’Hold on,’ the clerk said: 'this isn’t enough. It will cost you 11.40 to send this to New Orleans.* “’A* right, ol* man,’ waved the inebriate angrily, *that*s all I got with me right now. Just send it as far as you can fr th’ money!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. < -