Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — The Explanation. [ARTICLE]

The Explanation.

Old Podkins lay back in his chair in calm content, and though his wife was quite near him he was happy, for she had not broken the silence for nearly five minutes. He had been married for flve-and-twenty long years, and Mrs. Podkins. almost dally during 24 of them, bad disturbed the domestic peace by a too full exercise of her tongue. "My dear," broke in, Mrs. P thinking It rime she said something to interrupt the quiet, “I see by the papers that a petrified jaw two yards long has been found in Cornwall.” What!” cried Podkins, starting up. "Now I know your secret. But you never told me your ancestors came from that part of the world!”