Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1914 — Vital Point [ARTICLE]

Vital Point

Mr. Porter’s judgment was vindicated. “Ah, ha,” he exclaimed triumphantly, “do jyou remember tliat little magnifying glass I gave a dollar for the other day? You said it was a clear waste of money. Well, It has more than paid for itself already.”. “How so?" inquired Mrs. Porter. “It detected a counterfeit $2 bill to which I had the presence of mind to apply it. Those bills are so well executed that even the etperts can hardly tell them from the genuine, bat my little magnifying glass brought out all its defects.” "How clever you are,” said Mrs. Porter, "to think of examining money with a magnifying glass. Now you can make the person who gave you the bill take it back. Who did give it to yon anyway?” Mr Porter’s Jaw fell. "By George!” he said, "I don’t remember.”