Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1916 — HOST WAS PLAINLY RESTIVE [ARTICLE]

HOST WAS PLAINLY RESTIVE

Football Player Wanted to Show HighBrow Company What He Could Do Scrimmage. “henry,” remarked Mrs. Twobble, “I’ve been thinking over something I want to say to you.” ) “Shoot!” said Mr. Twobble, briefly. “What?” “Excuse me. Proceed.” “I wish you would try to appear more at ease when we have company in the house. You are not afraid of people, I hope?” “No,” answered Mr. Twobble, thoughtfully. “It isn’t that. The people you invite here make me so confoundedly uncomfortable with their high-broW talk that I sometimes wish they would try to start something, so I could show them an old-time football player can do Mp a scrimmage!”