Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — Used to the Cold. [ARTICLE]

Used to the Cold.

“Every ticket ha® Its story,” said a man acquainted with the pawn shops, and ene of the sad Httle tales which he told Is repeated by the Philadelphia Telegraph. It was a bitterly cold day, and a mite of a boy, not over 9 years old, had come in, wrapped In bis overcoat. This he peeled off, and deposited It upon the pawnbroker’s counter. “Give me a dollar ’n’ quarter?” he asked, In pleading tones. “Dollar,” said the money lender. “Oh, please give me a dollar ’n’ a quarter 1” “Can’t do it. Dollar.” The boy was almost crying, and h® begged earnestly for the sum he asked. “I want to get my sister’s coat out,” he said, as he laid down eight cents as interest money. This proposition the pawnbroker accepted, and the boy went shivering into the cold, with his sister’s coat. “Is your sister going to a dance tonight?” a bystander asked him. “No, Sir, mom’s been sick, an’ Maggie had to hock her coat for feed. She’s got a job now, an’ she’s got to have a coat to go to work in. I don’t mind the cold; I’m used to IL”