People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1893 — What He Mimed. [ARTICLE]

What He Mimed.

Lafayette Courier. A pretty good story illustrating the contempt with which the bible is regarded by some people, is told on a prominent young society man in town. He went away to make a visit of some length and his mother, a tine Christian woman, packed a small bible with the rest of his effects, and he premised to read it occasionally. Realizing that if the son could not get any spiritual benefit from the perusal of this good book, he might be pleased to receive financial reimbursement, so she folded neatly a §lO bill and stuck it in between the pages of the Bible. Before long the young man telegraphed home for money, saying he was broke flat. Eventually his visit ended and he came home without a cent in his possession, hungry because he had been compelled to travel a long distance without even a railroad lunch. His mother began to unpack his grip before his eyes, and when she came to the little old Bible, calmly took from it the bill and placed it in her pocket. She did not say a word, but her motherly heart went out in sympathy to her son when she saw the abject look of astounding disappointment that grew upon his face. That young r#:an did not read even a newspaper for a month after that until he had thoroughly shaken it for ten dollar bills.