Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1915 — CAP and BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP and BELLS

JOKE ON CURIOUS NEIGHBORS Young Wlfo Woo Scolding CuriyHoirod Block Pup ond Not Hor Huobond, os Woo Supposed. His name was Charlie and they had been married only a week. She was particularly affectionate and their thin-walled apartment concealed little of import from curious neighbors. One night the neighbors gasped in amazement and then suspended all other things to listen, says Columbus Dispatch. "She" was speaking in strident, angry tones. “Charlie,*' she waa_ saying imperiously, “if you ever ’come into this house again and muddy my carpets with your feet, right back home you go!" “Gosh! ▲ divorce,” breathed the next-door ynen to his wife. They spent most of the night wondering whether the newlyweds could live together another week. “Well, he had no right to spoil her carpets,” commented the wife with a finality that ended the discussion. Next morning a curly-haired black pup was cavorting over the lawn of the newlyweds. “Charlie," the young wife was saying to the new pet ‘Tm sorry I scolded you last night, but your feet were terribly muddy."