Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1916 — EXCUSABLE NEGLECT. [ARTICLE]

EXCUSABLE NEGLECT.

Attorney for PlaintifT —You have testified that your conduct toward your wife was always affectionate and punctilious. Now, isn’t it a fact that you left the house one morning without kissing her good-by? Perkins (who is defending a separation suit on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment) —Yes, sir. Attorney (triumphantly) Ah, I thought so. Now will you tell us why you left your wife without kissing her good-by? Perkins —Because she had Just hit me in the mouth with a flatiron, and my osculatory apparatus was temporarily disabled. —Judge.