Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1894 — Very Absent-Minded. [ARTICLE]

Very Absent-Minded.

Indianapolis Sentinel. A young gentleman of N. Delaware street is very bashful, and is more used to the world of business than the world of society. Recently he was invited to a large reeption and went with fear and trembling. Ho got along very well until he went out to the highiv-deeorated diningroom and was served ices by a colored waiter. He tried to hold his plate, ice cup and eat gracefully while he chatted with his lady companion. However the strain told on nim mentally, and when the waitei appeared to take his empty plate, he absent-mindedly pulled a dollar oul of his pocket and said: “Where in the thunder is my check?” He apologized profusely to the young lady and left ns soon as he could afterward. The average man will discuss baseball and tariff reform with equal volubility.—Philadelphia Record.