Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1893 — Great Expectations. [ARTICLE]

Great Expectations.

Chicago Tribune. Six or seven bootblacks were shooting craps on the sidewalk in front of a business house the other evening when the manager of the establishment came along. “Boys," he said, “this will never do. You’ll have to move away from here.” “Please don’t break up de game jist now, mister,” pleaded the busi-ness-like urchin with the muffler about his neck. “Derfe’s only one kid wot ain’t broke!”