Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1911 — Boy Understood the Situation. [ARTICLE]

Boy Understood the Situation.

“Little boy, don't you know you are in great danger on that thin ice?” "How, sir?” ' * "Well, you might break through and get wet. and even if you don't break through your parents would undoubtedly punish you severely if they knew you went on the pond.” "You alfi't no gnesser. mister; if I, break through an’ get wet I'll be a hero at home an’ get all the sympathy and good things in the house.”