Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1914 — Disappointing the Gloater[?]. [ARTICLE]

Disappointing the Gloater[?].

“I wanter ’ave a tooth drawn,” said the youngster with the pugnacious face, “and I want gas.” “Tut! Tut!” murmured the dentist “You're not old enough for gas. And I see you’re not afraid of a little pain. Be a man!” “ ’Thra’t that,” runs a British weekly’s version of the story, “but I expect just at the end I’ll give a little bit of a squeal." “Oh, that won’t matter," the dentist replied. "I shan’t mind.” "No,” retorted the boy, “but I shall. Just you look out of the window." The dentist turned to look out, sad saw a group of grinning lads standing close by his window. "Well?” he asked his youthful patient. “What does that mean?" “Those are all the kids I've fought and licked,’’ explained the boy, "and they've all followed me here Just to hear me hoOgr. Gimme gas I” * • Vi , J ( x 'Jk ''