Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1915 — Retribution That Was Swift [ARTICLE]

Retribution That Was Swift

Cy Perkins and Jim Brady were from the country, the deep country, anil they were unschooled In the crafty ways of swell cafe*. They had •pent the day taking in the sights of the state fair tost outside the big city, and they haa Invaded the districts notable for electric lights, high prices and poor service. After holding a caucus on a street corner, they decided to go Into one ol the high-class restaurants and have dinner. After delaying them for the proper length of time a waiter approached them and handed them a menu. Incidentally, he piled up In front of them the usual Imposing array of cut glass and silver. "I reckon we might as well have a square meal," said Jim Brady. Cy Perkins assented, and they ordered for dinner practically everything on the menu from soup to nuts. At the conclusion of the meal, Jim Brady produced a silver dollar, waved his hand in a lordly manner toward the waiter, and said: "Take the damage out of this, and keep the change.” The waiter came as near looking embarrassed as any city waiter could, and ventured to remark that the bill was more than a dollar. He presented ft In writing. It amounted to nine dollars and sixty cents. Jim, after taking one angry glare at the total, produced the ten-dollar note and stalked out of the restaurant ahead of Cy. On the sidewalk Jim, after Indulging In a profane duel with nobody, uttered this prophecy: "Cy, some day Heaven will punish those men for that." "Jim," said Cy reverently, “Heaven has punished them already. I’ve got fifteen dollars’ worth of silver spoons in my pocket.”—The Popular Magazine.