Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1913 — Wanted Another Opportunity. [ARTICLE]

Wanted Another Opportunity.

“Look here,” he said to the groom, “are you the man who put the saddle on Miss Jennie’s horse?” “Yes, sir. Anything wrong, sir?” “It was loose—very loose. She had no sooner mounted than the saddle slipped, and if I hadn’t caught her she would have been thrown to the ground." “I’m very sorry, sir.” “But I did catch her,” went on the young man, meditatively. “I caught her In my arms, and —here’s half a crown for you, John. Do you suppose you could leave the girth loose when we go riding again tomorrow?"