Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1913 — FATHER WEPT TEARS OF JOT [ARTICLE]

FATHER WEPT TEARS OF JOT

Son of Prominent Mine Operate Evolves Great. Scheme to Secure . Dollar for Digging Garden. , ' “Johnnie,”- said ”a prominent min® operator to his youngest BOn the other day, “I’ll give ydu a' dollar if you’ll dig up the front yard for your sister’s new garden.” “All right,*’ said Johnnie, thoughtfully. “But I Shall have to.ask for”2s per cent, of the contract price in advance. Not as an evidence of good faith, but for working capital.” “Work —what do you mean?” "Well, you see, I guess I’ll bury the quarter somewhere and tell all the boys in the neighborhood that a pirate hid some treasure round there. Wljeii they strike that quarter thyll make the dirt fly, I can tell you. In that way I can clean up about 75 per cent. In. fact, I—” “Well, what?” “In fact, I don’t know but what I can also arrange so as to find that quarter myself. 11l work it Just like that salted mine you were telling mamma about unloading on the street, last nigtht.” And the father wept tears of joy.—■ Puck.