Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1893 — A Mild Keproof. [ARTICLE]

A Mild Keproof.

The other morning Jones turned up at the office even later than usual. His employer, tired of waiting for him, had himself set about registering the day’s transactions, usually Jones’ first duty. The enraged merchant laid his pen aside very deliberately, and said to Jones, very sternly indeed: “Jones, this will not do.” “No, sir,” replied Jones, gently, drawing off his overcoat, as ha glanced over his employer’s shoulder, “it will not You hare entered McKurken’s o - der in the wrong book. Far better to have waited till I came.*