Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1893 — Disappointment. [ARTICLE]

Disappointment.

Detroit Tribune. The heavens wept. The lowering clouds discharged their garnered fullness, and the wind soughed dismally. - ■ c —i A large gray tomcat gazed sorrowfully from the barrel that served him is a home and sighed. His wife, with the quick intuition peculiar to her sex, perceived that her liege lord was distressed and hastened to his side. “What troubles my Mercutio?” she softly inquired. The tomcat gulped down a sob and gestured eloquently in the direction jf the weather. “Amelia” His utterance was broken and very emotional. “I would’nt care so much if I hadn't staid at home three evenings running to practice that new tremolo. It’s tough, Amelia, tough.” All she could do was to stroke his fevered brow and talk of other things. -