Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1913 — Quite Superfluous. [ARTICLE]

Quite Superfluous.

Mrs. Ellsworth had a new colored maid. One morning, as the maid came down stairs, the mistress said: “Emma, did you knock at Miss Flora’s door when I sent you up with her breakfast?’’ “No, ma’am,” replied the maid, with preternatural gravity. “What was de use ob a’knockln’ at her do’ when I knowed to’ sure she was in dar?”— New York Evening Post.