Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1911 — LOTS OF TIME. [ARTICLE]

LOTS OF TIME.

Owing to a fog, a steamer stopped tthe mouth of a river. An old lady aired of the captain the cause ad the delay. ‘‘Cant »ee up the river," replied the officer. "Bat, captain, I can eee tibe atari overhead." eh* argued. , eaW the captain gruffly, “hut until the bollere bum we ain't a-goin that way."

Resolution Was Shattered. A little boy came home one day from school in a very bad humor. Another boy. Jack Jones, had given him a thrashing, and he wanted revenge. ' ' ;- “Oh,” said his mother, "don’t think yt revenge, Willie. Be kind to Jack. Heap coals of fire on his bead. Then he will beoome your friend. Willie thought he would try this method. So the next day at recess, just as he was buying a lemon pi© for luncheon, Jack appeared and said: “Look her; I licked you yesterday, but I didn’t give you enough. Now Pm going to lick, you again,”, And he planted a hard blow on Willie’s little stomach. Willie gasped, but instead of striking back he extended his pie to Jones. “Here.” he said in a kindly voice, “I’ll give you this. I make you a present of It,” Jack, in glad amazement, fell upon the pie greedily, and it had soon disappeared. it was good!” he said. “What did you give it to me for?” “Because you struck me,” said the heaper of coals. Instantly Jack hauled off and struck him again. “Now go and get another pie,” he said. —Ladies Home Journal.