Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1912 — In Debt to the Ants. [ARTICLE]

In Debt to the Ants.

If the ants had not got into the sugar there would have been no vacation for mother in a Pratt street family. Father was going away for a while and mother had made up her mind to stay at home with the young son and just rest and have a good time In her own yard. But on the day of father’s departure mother was doing some baking and she went to the sugar crock for some sugar. When shd removed the lid she found the sugar alive with tiny ants. She took the crock to the back porch, spread a newspaper out on a table and emptied the sugar on the paper. Just then her gaze fell on a railroad advertisement of excursion rates. She found that a special train would run from Indianapolis that night and that the fare was low. The advertisement told about tbe fine bathing beach, the hotels, the fishing and all of the other attractions. When father came to dinner that day there was a large bouquet of flowers at bis plate. His Chair was cushioned and a nice, fat, soft pillow was there also for .his comfort. He knew something was about to happen, but he didn’t know what nor how much it was going to cost. “What is It now?” he asked. “Looks like there’s something on your mind.” Mother handed him the paper. A» soon as dinner was over father wrote' a check, and mother and son packed their trunk. —Indianapolis News.