Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1915 — Taken at His Word. [ARTICLE]

Taken at His Word.

The smart young man—his schocfi honors thick upon him, and his intention to teach the world in general, and his father in particular, the manner in which up-to-date commerce should be conducted—stood earnestly holding forth in his father’s office. “You may rely upon me, sir,*’ he was saying with perfervid emphasis. “I will devote my whole life to the interests of the business It shall be my aim and ambition to keep the family name free from stain.” “Good!” said the old man, gruffly. "That’s the spirit. Tell the office boy to give you the whiting and ammonia; then go and polish up the brass nameplate on the door.”