Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1911 — GATHERED SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GATHERED SMILES

fm* A BCARY HORSE. - who““ desirous oT">urchasing a horse for the use of his wife, recently ** aa ° M Wlth * , “Mow. I'm not so particular about speed," said the prospective purchaser, “but 1 must have a gentle “Oise. “Here la one that I’ll warrant to he perfectly safe," said the dealer. Indicating a sad looking steed near by. “Are you sure he Is not afraid of anything r insisted the man. The dealer assumed an air of deep reflection. 'Well,” he said, “there's one thing he has always appeared to be afraid of ever since I got him. It seems as If he’s scared to death for fear some one might say *whoar and he not hear It.”—lAppincotfs.