Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1886 — A False Friend. [ARTICLE]

A False Friend.

“Say, Jones,” said Bentlow, “I understand that you and Jerflyn are no longer friends. What’s the trouble between you?” “Trouble,” repeated Jones; “troubleenough. He’s a scoundrel, that man is; a villain, a cowardly thief! Oh, if I only had him here now!” “Why, my dear fellow, you seem to be excited; I can’t believe that Jerflyn is as bad as that. What did he do to you?” “Do to me? Trifled with the best and holiest feeling that a man c n know—friendship! Do to me? Betrayed me by his false, smiling, hypocritical face! Do to me ? Cheated me, my finer feelings, bruised me and wounded me. Do to me ? Induced me to try to learn to ride a bicycle! Oh, the villain!”— Somerville Journal.