Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — SAD-LOOKING MAN SCORED [ARTICLE]

SAD-LOOKING MAN SCORED

His "Bluff” Worked, and as a Consequence the Laborers Went Hungry Through the Afternoon. - A sad-looklng man entered the shanty where the workmen were eating their lunches. He was holding a red can. "Hey, fellers,” he saluted them, 1 "look at this can o' powder I picked up outside. I've a mind to blow moself up.” "Aw, cut out that stuff and heat it out of here,” ordered the foreman. The man looked around, then walked deliberately over to the stove, opened the door and thrust the can inside. There was a yell of dismay and in a moment the shanty was empty. Ten minutes later the runaways returned. The can was lying harmlessly on the fire and the sad-lobklng man was gone. So were their lunch pails.