Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1913 — Discouraging a Bore. [ARTICLE]

Discouraging a Bore.

“Hello, Blobbs!” “How are you, Kirkly?” “Say, I’ve got a new story to tell you.!’ “When did you originate,it?” —“Oh, I didn’t originate iL 1 heard It somewhere.” “Then it isn’t new.” i “Well —er, not exactly new.” “And long experience has taught me, Kirkly, that you never hear a story until it has traveled all over town four or five times. That’s why I’m not at all enthusiastic. But fire away. What is the story?” “Shucks! I’ve forgotten it now.”