Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1912 — Presence of Mind. [ARTICLE]

Presence of Mind.

“Oh, John!”-shrieked Mrs. Dorkins. “The baby has swallowed a silver quarter!” Mr. Dorkins took a handful of change <»ut of his pocket and looked it over. “Calm yourself, Maria,” he said. “It was that counterfeit quarter I’ve been trying to get rid of.”