Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1912 — A Pretext [ARTICLE]

A Pretext

"Tea,"; said the determined looking woman; “I might manage to hand you a bite to eat if you’ll saw and chop a good pile of stove wood and bring in a few buckets of water and chop the weeds out of the garden and fix up the fence.” “Lady.” replied Meandering Mike, “I’m only a hungry wayfarer; I ain't yer husband.”