Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — His Action Suspicious. [ARTICLE]

His Action Suspicious.

“Now, Mr. Beefy,” coldly said the handsome young widow, who was doing her own marketing, “while I am fully conscious 6f the honor you wish to confer upon me, I must tell you that I have no present intention of marrying again, and am, therefore, compelled to refuse the handsome offer.” “Bub-bub-but. Mum—Mrs. Hooks,” stammered the astonished butcher, “I have never offered you my baud, and—ah! -” “Then, why are you trying to weigh It on the scales with the roast, sir?”— Puck. _