Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1883 — What He Meant. [ARTICLE]

What He Meant.

In a suit before a Detroit Justice the defendant desired to prove that his financial standing was solid, and when his witness had taken the stand and. testified that the defendant enjoyed the reputation of promptly paying his debts, • the opposing counsel asked: “Mr. Blank, yon say you consider Mr. White perfectly good?” m “Yes, sir.” “If he owed you SSO you’d expect to receive it when due?” », ’“Yes, sir.” “If he should ask you for the loan of $25 you-’d hand it right out?” “Y-yes, sir.” V “Very well—very well. Mr. White, ask the witness for a loan of $26.” “Mr. Blank, loan me the sum named/ 1 ' said the defendant, as he reached out j his hand. Mr. ’Blank gjrew red and pale by turns, hitched abound like a boy on a { carpet-tack, and finally replied: 1 “What I meant to sar was that IM j lend you $25 on a first mortgage on; about $2,000 worth of real estate i Make out your papers 1”