Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1912 — WHAT SHE SMELLED. [ARTICLE]

WHAT SHE SMELLED.

“John, have you wound the clock?" “Yes.” ' ' , : f;-v ~ “Are you sure the dining room wl» dows are locked?” *1 have attended to them." “I’m afraid the maid may not have' bolted the back door.” /. I -i, “I bolted it myjHslf.” “I think I smell gas. Won’t you please see If the stove is leaking?” “No use doing that.” “Yes there is. Tm sure I smell gas.” *No you don’t.” “I’m positive I do. Go and see if the maid hasn’t left one of the burners of the stove partly turned on.” : .K>; “I -tell you it’B no use. You don't smell gas.” “What la it then?” “It’s what I was thinking.”