Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1910 — Deserved the Shoes. [ARTICLE]

Deserved the Shoes.

The weary wayfarer leaned over the fence and watched the housewife doing her chores. "Ah, lady,” he said, tipping his hat, “I used to be a professional humorist If I tell you a funny story will you give me an old pair of shoes?” “Well, that depends," responded the busy housewife; “you must remember that brevity is the soul of wit.” “Yes, mum, I remember that, and brevity is the sole of each of my shoes, mum.”