Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1884 — Appearances Deceive. [ARTICLE]

Appearances Deceive.

“Throw up your hands,” said a Chicago garroter to a supposed victim. At the same moment an oil-fashioned “Allen pepper-box” was thrust unexpectedly in the garroter’s face. “That’s all right,” said the sand-bag-ger, “put down that thing. I’ll not harm you, but let me see that shootin’ iron. ” When he discovered that it was an old, rusty, and unloaded weapon, the garroter was mad enough to kick himself, and said angrily, “The next time a man with a pepper-box scares me silly, I hope he’ll blow me into the river. ” He so rattled that he walked two blocks before he discovered his watch and. the “pepper-box” had 1 relieved him while he was recovering from his astonishment Even the life of a Chicago sand-bagger has its ups and downs — chiefly downs.— Chicago Hye.