Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1911 — Good Jokes [ARTICLE]

Good Jokes

THE SOPHISTICATED MAIDEN. A young man and a maiden wer* betrothed. 1 "Dearest one.” aald the young man. "I love thee. So great is my devotion Uiat if another should but cast loving glances at thee a fearsome thing would happen.” “What might It be?” yuoth the maiden. "Even that t would kill him. Dost believe me?” *'Nay,” quoth the maiden. "Nay? But I protest \o thee, I row, I swear, that if another should make love to thee his life should pay the forfeit By yonder 1 swear! boat believe me now?” “Nay,” quoth the maiden. “Now, what meanest thou? Why toeltevest thou not that I would kill the dastard villain?" “Because,” quoth the maiden, “thou wouldst not know aught about it”