Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1889 — Appreciated Ability. [ARTICLE]

Appreciated Ability.

“Well, sir,” said an old gentleman indignantly, “what are vou doing round here again! I thought the delicate hint I gave yon just as you left the front door last night would give you to understand that 1 don’t like you very well.” And the speaker looked at his boot in a reminiscent way. “It did,” i-aid the young man. as a look of mingled pain* and admiration came over his face. “But I would come and ask you —J-” “Ask me what?” / “If you wouldn’t like, to join our football association.”— Merchant Traveler.