Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1911 — Not an Old Man's Game! [ARTICLE]

Not an Old Man's Game!

"I may have -lost my ball,” thought the old man, as hd crept on all fours round the bush into which it had rolled, “but I will not lose my temper.” So he continued to grovel and grope, and to wear a persuasive, patient smile. His knees bagged, his back ached horribly, and the bush bestowed upon his hands a generous quantity of thorns. But he refused to discard his smile, and kept on repeating: “No, I will not lose my temper. I will not!” Suddenly the elusive ball caught his eye. Flopping 'flat, he stretched his hand towards It, grasped it among its nest of thorns, and gingerly withdrew it “Hoity-toity!” exclaimed an old woman behind him. “You ought to be ashamed, birdnesting at your time of life!” And then he did lose his temper.