Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1914 — A Wayfarer’s Ruse. [ARTICLE]

A Wayfarer’s Ruse.

“Please, mum, could I trouble you for a bottle of wine and a plate of pate de foie gras?” v “What!” “I merely said that, mum, to prove to you that I have seen better days. A few cold biscuits will do."