Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1884 — A Sympathetic Crowd. [ARTICLE]

A Sympathetic Crowd.

He was telling ’em, in the village store that his son in Chicago had' failed, and when they asked for particulars he explained: “Why, lit* writes me that he bought for July delivery and got left.” “How left?” ‘ “I dunno, but I guess he couldn’t deliver it. Mebbe teams was awful skeerce, and mebbe the roads was bad.” “Well,” said one of the crowd as he brought his hand down on the counter, “if I had a knowed that your son Bill was pinched to deliver wheat I’d have gin him the use of my team a whole fortnight fur nuthin’, for Bill was one of the best boys who ever left this town. ” “And me. tool” added every man in the crowd, while the'old man observed : “It’ll probably be a warning to William, and mebbe he’ll set in and buy water-melons for January delivery and get on his feet again.”— Wall Street News.