Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1912 — All Rules Suspended. [ARTICLE]

All Rules Suspended.

There was a little group about St. Peter and the outer guards were doing their best to form the applicants in line. Suddenly the venerable gatetender gave a little start. He pointed to the man at the end of the line. “Let the applicant b*ck there —that one who is talking to himself and counting his fingers with a lead penCil come this way.” The man stepped forward. “Walk right 'in,”, said the saint; “we always make an exception of head line writers.” And the applicant, still moving his lips and counting his fingers, passed through the golden portals.