Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1910 — All Invalids. [ARTICLE]

All Invalids.

When the office boy came in the stern old broker looked over his glasses with a frown. “Young man,” he said, slowly, “why were you absent from work yesterday afternoon?" “Went to see the baseball game," confessed the lad, fumbling with his cap., “You did, eh?” “Yes, sir; you said the only occasion I could take an afternoon off would be to visit the sick.” “And what has that to do with it?" "Well, sir, this was one of those occasions. it was the sickest bunch of ball players that ever came down the pike. We got whitewashed to the score of 17 to 0."