Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1911 — Left Him Far Behind. [ARTICLE]

Left Him Far Behind.

r/ - Childish standards of greatness are Interesting—perhaps because they are at op ce so like yet so unlike the standards of grown folk. Many .An adult, for instance, has been proud with no more reasonable basis than that which little Johnnie displayed in attempting to “top" ths boasting of a juvenile comrade. "I've got a real railroad train, with x kn engine that goes, an’ a real, live pony, an’ a really', truly gun, an’ —” “That’s nothing!" interrupted the lad’s disgusted listener. “Once I knew a boy that sat up until H o’clock twice in one week!”