Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1913 — What He Was Afraid Of. [ARTICLE]

What He Was Afraid Of.

During the war the town loafer at a country village stood his chances of being drafted. On one occasion he said to one of his old cronies: "Well, they are going to draft ag’ln, and they are going to put my name in the wheel. What they want me to fight for is more than 1' can tell. 1 ain’t mad, an’ I don’t want to fight when I ain’t mad. And then, on the other hand, it I should be drafted and sent to the front, what honor would it be to a fellow to get killed and have his name spelled wrong in the newspapers?"