Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1885 — But He Did. [ARTICLE]

But He Did.

“Skip!" The exclamation was uttered by a citizen of Brady street, and was directed at a tramp who had called to ask for dinner. “Notmuch!” “You won’t, eh?” “No, sir!” “Then I’ll make yuo!” “Go ahead!” Did the citizen pull off his coat and spit on his hands and knock the tramp into the middle of next week., No, sir. He put his finger into his mouth and uttered a sharp whistle, apd his wife came to the door with a hoe-handle in her hand and inquired: - “What, another? Well, look out for splinters!” Her husband stood aside and she made a rush, but when the weapon came down the tramp wasn’t there. From the other side of the fence he lifted his hat and gently but firmly observed : <s » “Any woman who strikes a man, save in the" way of kindness, deserves the gallows! Keep vour old cold viftles and go to Halifax!"— Detroit Free Press, Thebe is nothing so holy and inexpensive as a sister’s love. ( . r- ' ■ I .. .