Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1901 — No Apparent Cause For Offense. [ARTICLE]

No Apparent Cause For Offense.

It was the third day out on an ocean liner, and some of the passengers were just getting acquainted. A lady who had made the trip many times lay comfortably in her steamer chair, when the pretty and stylishly clad daughter of a newly rich family stopped near her, and they drifted into conversation. Presently the lady bowed to a pale faced man who walked by. “Who was that?” inquired the girl, .“fhat was Signor Slambangski, the fatuous pianist,” replied the lady, who then went on to speak of the probable performers at v the Inevitable concert at the Journey’s end. “Oh, are there any musiclaners on board?” eagerly Inquired the girl. “I beg your pardon?” said the lady Interrogatively. The girl gazed at her inquiringly. “What for?" she asked.—New York Mall and Express.