Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — Some One Laughed. [ARTICLE]

Some One Laughed.

“Papa," said the public offlda'.’a bright-eyed daughter, as he settled himself in hie easy chair after dinner and reached for the evening paper. “Well?" he said, inquiringly. She did not reply at once, but camei over and took a seat on a stool beside him, thereby demonstrating to hie satisfaction that she had something important on her mind. “Papa,” she repeated at last, “you have a great deal of Influence, haven't you?” “Um—well, 1 have some,” he admitted, guardedly. "Enough so that you can get a potsiton for anyone if you really want to?” she suggested. “Well, yes,” he answered. “But how does that interest you?” “Why, 1 have been reading about the new woman,” she replied, "and they all seem to have a sphere or something of that sort and some business calling “Oil, well,” he interrupted, “you don’t want to be a new woman. “No-o,” she answered, slowly, “1 don’t know that 1 do, but if everyone is going to lie one, 1 suppose 1 ought to ” “Nonsense!” be exclaimed, “we all like you better as you are, and I don't think you'd look well In bloomers, anyway.” “Oh, I wasn’t thinking of bloomers,” she returned quickly, "I doq’t want to wear them, au.vway. I was thinking about a mission in life and having work to do in the world of business so that 1 could be ready for a ralDy day-—” “Don’t worry yourself. . I’ll get you another silk umbrella if you've lost the last one I gave you.” She pouted prettily, but persisted in spite of his Interruption. "Well, I've picked out the poeitiou that I want," she sakl, “and I think you ought to get it for me. I want,to open the sealed proposals I’ve rend so much about at different times. 1 should think It would be lots of fun, and maybe I'd find the one I've been expending ” She stopped because she thought someone laughed, but she has the promise of the job as soon as there Ls a vacancy.—Chicago Post.