Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1913 — Bashful Youth Obeyed Orders. [ARTICLE]

Bashful Youth Obeyed Orders.

He was a nervous and flustered young; man as he entered the court to give evidence in an important case. It was his first experience of publicity in any shape or form, and the amount of interest shown in his utterance —he who had never even addressed a meeting of the local debating society—went straight to his head. His replies; to say the least of it, were unintelligible. "Speak up! Speak up!” called counsel irritably at last. “The lady shorthand writer cannot hear a single word of what you’re saying. Kindly turn towards her and speak to her.” There was a moment’s pause, while the young man blushed vividly. Then, to the amusement of the court, he rose from his chair, made a profound obeisance in the direction of the aforesaid mentioned young woman, and murmured bashfully: "How d’you do?"