Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1913 — OF COURSE IT WAS THAT ONE [ARTICLE]

OF COURSE IT WAS THAT ONE

Given Two Pennies for a Set Purpose Which Would a Boy Naturally Prefer to Lose? z Dull and gray was the afternoon. Slowly, with reluctant footsteps, Walter William made his way toward the Sunday school. If the truth be told in one fell swoop, he was not a lover of Sunday school, and were it not for parental compulsion, would easily have found some other way of congenially passing the time. As- so often happens when one is down in the dumps, another bitter blow was in store for Walter William. He had two beautiful new pennies, one for the Sunday school, and its brother for the purpose of buying sweets, or some similar delicacy. Unhappily he lost one of the bright new coins, and in due time reported the event at the maternal headquarters. “But, Walter, which of the two pennies did you lose?” Back came the reply like a rifle bullet: “Oh, the Sunday school one, mother, of course!”