Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1911 — Poet and Fool. [ARTICLE]

Poet and Fool.

This story of Alexis Piron, the French poet and epigrammist, is told by the writer of "French Men of Letters.” Piron was unfortunate enough to be arrested one night by a watchdan m the streets of Paris, apd was taken the following morning before the lleutenmt of police, who haughtily interrogated him concerning his business or profession. “I am a poet,” was the reply. “Oh, Ho! a poet, are you?” said the official. “I have a brother who is a poet.” “Then we are quits,” rejoined Piron, “for I have a brother who is a fool.” —King.