Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1898 — The Clever Artist. [ARTICLE]

The Clever Artist.

Not infrequently «fas in arrears for tte rent of even bls airy perch on the “sixleme/’ynd landlords have scant sympathy for beings who can “soar to'the empyrean,” but can’t pay cash. One young man, six months In arrears, knew that his landlord was keeping a watchful eye on his trunk, which stood opposite the door, feeling sure that while it was there the owner would not depart. Our artist painted a of his trunk on the wall opposite the door, and in the night took himself and his belongings quietly away; ho? was he missed for several 'days. Good work sometimes serves very Inartistic ends.—Catholic World.