Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1915 — CAP and BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP and BELLS

LEAST WORRY OF WATCHMAN Keen, But Subtle Reproach Conveyed to Inquisitive Visitors at Ruins of Wellesley College. A merited retort is not always a retort courteous. The rebuke that was administered to a party of intruding tourists by the old watchman who was set to guard the ruins of College hall at Wellesley not long after the great fire conveyed a keen but subtle reproach. “Ye’ve got to keep out!” he ordered gruffly, when he caught them trying to slip under the ropes that surrounded the crumbling walls. The Inquisitive visitors paused and eyed first the ruins and then their determined guardian. “See here," a callow youth accosted him, “ile’re willing to risk it, and we’ll take all the responsibility. What do you care if we lose our lives?” “Ye’ve got to keep out. I ain’t thinkin’ of your lives; I’m thinkin’ of me Job.” —Youth’s Companion.