Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1910 — Good Jokes [ARTICLE]

Good Jokes

VACATION. He whispered and tie told her, close Beside the summer sea. His yearning wish to hold her close Through • all eternity tWhile in his heart he counted up The hints she had let drop Of how the ducats mounted up Each week In papa's shop). He told her of X. A. Z.. His railroad, with such pride. The maid in wondering ecstasy Quick nestled at his side. (We all converse so sloppily And let our thoughts get quirked; She meant when talking shopplly The shop where papa worked. His railroad, too, meant nothing rasher Than that he was its baggage smasher). —Lippincott'*.