Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1898 — A Costly Autograph. [ARTICLE]

A Costly Autograph.

At the charitable sale held in Paris, Baron Rothschild stoped at a stall conducted by “Gyp,” and the fair litterateur addressed him M-ith the usual request to buy something. “What am 1 to buy?” said the Baron. “You have nothing at all suitable for me. But I have an idea. I should like to have your autograph; sell me that.” Taking a sheet of paper, the lady wrote upon it, “Received from Baron Rothschild the sum of l,ooof, for the benefit of the charity.—Gyp.” Baron Rothschild read it, thanked her, and handing her a note for the amount named, went away delighted with the lady's ingenuity.—Spare Moments.