Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1889 — His Last Cent. [ARTICLE]

His Last Cent.

Washington Poat. While it was raining the othei Eight • ratherseedy looking indhridnal, hOW had doubtless seen days of prosperity, went into a Seventh street saloon, and, walking up to the counter, asked the bartender if he would take a man’s last cent in payment for a drink. The bartender, with an air of stoicism born of the business, said that he would. “Then give me a whisky straight,” said theman, after a moment’s reflec-ti-un. The glass was drained, the drinker threw a penny on the counter, aud walked out. , The bartender realized that he had been worked by an o<d trick. Beauty is often but a splendid cloak Which conceals the imperfection* of the soul.—T. Gaut:er. I