Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — A Touch of Nature. [ARTICLE]

A Touch of Nature.

The scene is a crowded bus. A soldier, back from the trenches, sitting in a corner near the entrance, put his hand into his pocket for his fare, and pulls out a shilling and some coppers. The bus jolts violently and, to the soldier’s dismay, the shilling slips from his fingers just as the lights go out, as they always do In London, In these days, when a bridge Is being crossed. The passengers with one accord begin to grope for the soldier’s shilling. “’Frald It rolled off, mate,” says the conductor. Then lights go up again, and discover three passengers each holding out the shilling.—Christian Science Monitor.