Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — “Nobuddy" Answered. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“Nobuddy" Answered.

The average small boy’s opinion of himself is none too high, but the reply of a small stable-boy in Chicago may scarcely be taken as the average. A woman whose husband kept the driving horse in one of the many “boarding stables” in the city, telephoned the other day to have the horse and carriage brought to the house. A strange voice answered the phone. "Is this So & So’s stable?” queried the woman. "Yes,” came the answer. • “Well, who is this?” “Aw, ’taint nobuddy. Wait a minnit and I’ll call somebuddy,” came the answer.

"Were you ever in love, Edwin?” “No, but 1 have a brother who’s had measles an’ mumps an’ most everything. —Harper’s Bazaar.