Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1888 — A Friend In Need. [ARTICLE]

A Friend In Need.

Detroit Freo Pres*. • .. “Look at that bill,” said a young man as he entered a bank on Griswold street at day or two since, and laid a “ten” before the cashier. “Yes; I’m looking.” “Is it all right?” “No, sir. Bank has been busted two years.” < * l . - “It’s teototally np good eh?” .TZT~:T.~ “That’s it. Did you take it for good money?” , “I did. I was coming in. with the" St. Thomas excursion with my girl, and a stranger wanted change. I accommodated him.” “Yes.”

“And lam here in a strange town, dead broke, and a good-looking girl expecting candy, peanuts, ice cream, and street car rides. Say!” “Well?” “After kicking myself twice around the square, what shall I do next?”r;:_.-_ “Pawn your watch.” “Haven’t got one.” “Anything else?” “No” “Then be taken ill and sit in the depot all day,” “I’ll do it! I’ll have to do it! And I’ll sigh and groan and kick and cough and take on, and -the gal will never know what hit me. Thanks, old fellow —life is worth the living, after all.”