Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — Sympathy that Was Wasted. [ARTICLE]

Sympathy that Was Wasted.

A tired-looking little woman, with her thin cape spread out to protect her burden from the rain, splashed through the mud and entered a street car the other night. The car was crowded with men who could not find a seat, but they made way for her and helped 'her into the packed car. She stood unsteadily In the aisle, trying to preserve her balance and the car went along. “Keep still, dear!” she sighed, in a weak, tired voice, when a slight disturbance under the cape was observable. "Why don’t some of you fellows give that woman with a baby a seat?” growled a fat man who was hanging to a strap. Two or three men sprang up. and each Instate! that she should take his seat. She sank into one of the vacant places, thanked the man who had made way for her, and a frowsy-headed terrier sprang from under her cape and sat in her lap while he barked at the fat man.