Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1910 — Good Jokes [ARTICLE]

Good Jokes

"IN THE DARK." A recent diner at a West end hotel tells of a quaint incident he noticed there the other night The band was playing a certain popular music hall air, and a young lady at one of the tables, curious to know what it was, asked her waiter to find put The man departed, laden with plates, but was so long gone that the anxious inquirer clean forgot her curiosity as to the tune. Well on through the dinner she was somewhat ialarmed to hear a husky, guttural voice from behind say. “I'm afraid to go home in the (dark." "What?” exclaimed the lady, in lauinn. ' “I’m afraid,” repeated the mysterlfous voice, in slow, impressive accents, "to go home in the dark!” The lady gave a little scream and, .Turning to a male companion, said: “Is this man mad?” It was only after an anxious interval that the explanation was understood.