Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1915 — The Mystery. [ARTICLE]

The Mystery.

Once there was a man who was quietly performing a task which aroused the greatest curiosity among the innocent bystanders. None of them had ever seen anything of the kind being done before nor had the slightest comprehension of what it was nor why it should be. The crowd was constantly augmented by more comers and the mystification grew to an almost uncontrollable extent. Finally a sage appeared and to him was put the query, “What is the strange thing that man is doing?” “He is minding his own business,” replied the sage,, and passed on.—Exchange.