Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1913 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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tip Gadspurn’s Luck. “I feel like apologizing to Gad«punL w ~ • 5 “Why so?” . - have always thought him a hard man, but yesterday when I called on him to see if he would pajran account he has owed our firm for some time, I found with a'handkerchief to his eyes, apparently in tears. Net wishing to intrude on a man at such a painful moment, I hastily withdrew.” ' “Ha! ha! I also called on Gadspurn shortly after you did and found him still in tears.” “And did you sympathize with him?” * ' “Sure. In fact I got the cinder out of his eye that, wasbothering him so much.” /