Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1909 — Had Met Before. [ARTICLE]

Had Met Before.

A young medical student came face to i:u.e with a dear, kind, fatherly looking gentleman, with white hqir and of highly respectable appearance. They both- stood transfixed. The same idea ■•l.xshed across both of them. “Your faqe is familiar—very familiar; but I- can't remember where' we have met So- often,” However the friendly impulse was carried ofi|. They ihoak hands warmly, partodE of a friendly glass and departed, still, ignorant of eacfi • other’s name and occupation. But the young man was determined jo solve the problem, and he seized on a waiter and said 'to. liiin; . ■ “Toll me, waitdi. who is that distinguished stranger with the long white hair?’’ And the waiter whispered slowly: “Phase, sir, that's the pawnbroker.”