Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1901 — Wanted to Know How It Felt. [ARTICLE]

Wanted to Know How It Felt.

The girl was very rich and the young man was poor but honest. She liked him, but that was all, and he knew it. One night he had been a little more tender than usual. “You are very rich,” he ventured. “Yes,” she replied frankly. “I am worth one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” “And I am poor.” “Yes.” “Will you marry me?” “No.” “I thought you wouldn't.” “Then why did you ask me?” “Oh, just to see how a" man feels when he loses one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” -Stray Stories.