Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1914 — OBEYING ORDERS [ARTICLE]

OBEYING ORDERS

Qrouchj German's Frau Did What She was Told to Do. The manager of an electrio4ight construction concern in the West tails an amusing stor/ in connection with the work of a new line in an lowa town. " The workmen had began to dig a post-hole in front of a boose occupied by a grouchy German. Suddenly he appeared and forbade the men to go with the work; hereupon they , explained that they had authority from the proper officials, which explanation, however, did not pacify the indignant householder. After a good deal of wrangling, the men announced that they could not waste their time in talking, and so prepared to go to wprk again. At this Juncture the German person called his wife, and with a- dexterous and unexpected movement succeeded in flinging over the hole the men were digging a large, flat piece of slate, upon which he established his Frau. "Tost you schtay dere, und I go get der injunction!" he directed.

No sooner had the husband disappeared than the leader of the gang directed his men to take the slate with the Frau Upon it and lift it from its place. After a severe tog this was accomplished, and with perfect politeness the corpulent lady was set to one side. Just as if she had been a Inanimate object of some sort

The work of digging then went merrily forward, and while the stolid wife held to the letter of her instructions with silent fidelity the men set up the pole for the light This was well in place when the husband, returned, waving in fels hand the paper of injunction. When he saw what had been done the irrate householder became beside himself with rage. "Yy did you not stood on der hole as I has told you?” he demanded of his better half. “It was on der stone you put me, not on der hole," she answered.