Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1894 — A Complicated Case. [ARTICLE]

A Complicated Case.

Indianapolis Journal. “What can Ido for you?” asked the lawyer. “It’s dis way,” said the tough young man, putting his cigar stub in his pocket and hanging his leg over thecorner of the table. “I live on Mississippi street, see? An’ Kitty-dat’s me steady —she uster live on Tennessee street, see? An’ say, since dey changed de name of it, she don’t live on Tennessee street no more; she resides on Capitol avenue. Catch on? An’ since she has begun residin’ on Capitol avenue, she says a bloke from Mississippi street ain’t good enough to trot in her class, an’ gimme the shake. Kin I soo the city fer damages, or kin I?” The lawyer has the case under consideration.