Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1915 — As Modified. [ARTICLE]

As Modified.

The usual crowd of loafers were seated around the stove in the village grocery. "Tell you what,” began one of the bewhiskered bunch, "I never lied to my wife in my life —’’ At this point be was interrupted by a unanimous laugh that was loud and long. ” —that 1 didn’t get caught at It," continued the speaker after the laughter had subsided. Whereupon silence reigned supreme for nearly twenty-three seconds.