Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — Not in the Library. [ARTICLE]

Not in the Library.

Mr. Claptrap arrived at the circulating' library the other day with his hands full of small packages and as cross as two sticks because his wife had asked him to fulfiUAcnne commissions for her while he was out. With a look which was just as disagreeable as he felt he handed to the little librarian a list which he had made to aid his memory. * “My wife wants these books,” he said gruffly. “Be quick ~about getting them, if you please. I’m in a great burry.” llle girl, who was a trifle shy and inexperienced, flushed, and, saying that he should have the books directly, went to look for them. She was some time and when she returned he glared at her ’ indignantly and asked if she expected him to “wait all day.” “I’m very sorry,” she apologized, “but ypu see I’ve been looking for the last book on the list. Here are the other three, but ’Hairpins and Castor Oil’ I can’t find and —and I’m afraid it isn’t in the library.” “Good heavens!’’ groaned Mr. Claptrap, quite crestfallen. “Did I put those things down in the book list!”