Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — Uncle Sam's Slot Machine. [ARTICLE]

Uncle Sam's Slot Machine.

A business man who wanted a bookkeeper stated bls need In an advertisement. The notice was seen by a young woman who was out of work, and who had searched for employment day after day without success. She had just one cent left. This she spent for a postal card, on which she wrote a reply to the advertisement, and dropped the card In a street letter box. Her application Impressed the bust ness man favorably, and he wrote to her, asking her to call at his office. She did so and secured the position. Her modesty and worth, no less than her capability, so won upon her employer that before many months had passed he offered her his heart and hand, and she accepted and became his wife. “Awl to think," he said one day during the honeymoon, “that It all came from your spending your last cent for a postal card and mailing it at a street corner!’’ “Yes,” She replied, with a smile and a blush. “I dropped a penny In the slot and got a husband.”