Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — Kept Her Word. [ARTICLE]

Kept Her Word.

Senator Root was talking about a certain resourceful cofporation. “They can get around anything,” he said, a touch of admiration in his voice. “They remind me of a Narragansett girl. “A Narraganset girl, driving a 60-horse-power gray roadster, admitted: “ ‘Yes, I’ve accepted David.’ “ ‘Why,’ said the girl beside her, ‘you told me positively that if Dave proposed to you your answer would be a word of two letters.” “The other girl, blushing a little, said softly: “ ‘But I answered Dave in German.’ "