Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1891 — Ought To But Couldn't. [ARTICLE]

Ought To But Couldn't.

“Do you make keys here?” asked the woman as she entered a locksmiths shop, “Yes’m,” “Well, I want one.” “What sort of a key, ma’am?” “One for a front door.” “Have vou a duplicate?” . “No.” “Bring the lock?” “No/’ “What sort of a key is it?” “I—l don’t remember.” “But how am Ito guess ? There are about 40,000 different kinds of keys.” “H’m. I didn’t know thut.” “Is it a night key?” “Yes, ves. That’s it. Its a night key.” “But that’s also very indefinite.” “Well, my husband sometimes comes home at midnight and unlocks the door with his pocket-knife or buttonhook or anything else that comes handy, and you ought to know about what sort of a key would fit such a lock.” He studied over it awhile, but finally had to admit that he was up a tree. —Free Press.