Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1915 — As Others See Us. [ARTICLE]
As Others See Us.
The genial professor stood on the hotel veranda, the center of a group of young people, when the office door opened and the business man from Boston hurried down the steps for his usual morning walk. “Ah, good morning!" beamed the professor. “Glorious morning for A walk, isn’t ItT* 4 *' “Oh, yes, certainly—very nice, yes, indeed,” replied the other, absently. Then, stopping suddenly, as if arrest* ed by the compelling warmth of ths greeting, he called out, “Oh, by ths way, professor, here’s my Transcript—thought you might like to look at it, you know! Never mind returning it when you’re through, for I’ve finished it Oh, that’s all right You’re quits welcome, I’m sure. Say, read that editorial on the tariff! It’s got th< whole situation in a nutshell. Well, good morning! It is a nice day. Isn’t it?" The spectators watched with amuse* ment as the professor carefully folded the paper and put it in his pocket beside its exact counterpart “I couldn’t, explain to him that I already had one,” he remarked, thoughtfully. "It would have deprived him of so much pleasure, and,” he added, as if to himself, “he has so little.”—Youth’s Companion; ,
