Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — An Idle Boast. [ARTICLE]

An Idle Boast.

"I understand you proposed to Miss Scads worth while in the surf with her." “Yes. But I didn’t have the slightest idea that she would accept me.” “Then, why did you propose?” "I merely wanted to have the satisfaction of saying that 1 once took a chance on $40,000,000."