Show begged the dead mans pardon A curious scena was witnessed at the funeral of david ruben a prominent pawnbroker ruben started in business fh e years ago with A kline business falling off last winter the firm dissolved A few weeks later kline rented quarters nest to the old place and started in opposition to ruben and went around asking the batters lat customers for their business this so preyed on rubens mind that he was taken sick and died of typhoid fever and his funeral took place from an undertakers establishment when the friends were all assembled to the surprise sur prisa of everybody kline walked into the room and advancing to the cof ain humbly begged the pardon of the dead man for the injury he had done him those present were deeply affected helena cor st louis republic |