Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1913 — Cruel Woman! [ARTICLE]

Cruel Woman!

The tramp narrated to fellow wanderer the story of an intensely tragic occurrence. “Yus,” he said, “there was a bootiful lawn In front of the ouse, nicely kept, and It looked a real good chance for gettln’ a bit of honest symperthy. So I walks In, gets down on me ’ands and knees, and starts chewin’ the grass. Out comes as kind-ly-looking a lidy as I ever seed, and wanted to know wot I was doin’. Told her I ’adn’t ’ad grub fer weeks, and was obliged to eat grass. She looked very sympertheticly at me, and then said: ‘My pore man. Come around behind the house. The grass is longer there!'”