Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1914 — Forgot Himself. [ARTICLE]

Forgot Himself.

There is a story going about of a man who resolved to give up drinking, and went to a temperance lecturer to draw him up an affidavit to that effect. The document was drawn, read and proved. The party held up his hand and murmured the usual promise. The paper was then properly sealed and delivered “What’s to pay?” asked the pledgemaker. . “To pay? to pay?” exclaimed the lecturer, “Nothing, of course—this is a labor of love.” "Nothing to pay!” returned the grateful but very forgetful pledgetaker. “Well, that’s handsome. Let’s go and have a drink!”