Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1913 — On the Highway. [ARTICLE]

On the Highway.

“Hear about Weary Waffles?” “Naw. Wot you heard?” “Heard he was up against it las’ Say, you know wot an aristocrat Weary is? Never lifts a hand to help hisself. Takes his handouts an’ eats ’em an’ plugs along. Never teched a saw or an ax in all his born days. You know he won’t carry wood or water. Naw, he was born to be waited bn.” “Wot happened ?” .„ “Feller tok him into an eatin’ houae to fill him up wit’ a square meal.” “Well?” “An’ Weary never seen, till he wuz inside, dat de place wuz a serveself!” —Cleveland Plain Dealer.