Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1885 — A Safe Place. [ARTICLE]

A Safe Place.

Frank Minier, a gentleman from Indiana, was seated alongside of the driver on the stage going to Brownsville. Thev were near the Rio Grande. Frank, by the way, had embezzled a lot of money, and was enroute to Mexico. ... “Is this country safe?” asked Frank of the driver. “Safe! Why,of course it Is.” “No robbers?" “Robbers! Why, this part of the country has got such a bad name that the highway robbers are afraid to risk their lives in these parts.— Texas Siftings. .