Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1914 — In a Roundabout Way. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

In a Roundabout Way.

“I had a high compliment from Miss Peachley the other evening,”' remarked the boarder with the expansive forehead. “What was It?” asked the other boarders. “I told her she was a little ducky, and she said I was a horrid old man drake.” “Where is the compliment In that?” “Don’t you see, you bunch of leatherheada? A mandrake is a May apple.”—Chicago Tribune.

“Great Scott, judge!” exclaimed the prisoner, “es I’d knowed chicken stealing was a hanging offense I wouldn’t have stole.” —Philadelphia Ledger.

"Your sentence is to be suspended," began the merciful court.