Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — AS HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM [ARTICLE]

AS HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM

Young Man’s Misfortune Simply a Repetition of Experience That Had Been Old Gentleman’s. “That boy will be the death of me some day,” declared the head of the family. “I am sure I don’t know where he gets his impudence and self-as-surance; surely not from me. He returned home from school the other day to spend the holidays, as I and, entering my office, he threw his cane on the floor, selected an easychair, put his feet on my desk, lit a cigarette, inhaled a few puffs, and then, turning languidly to me, he drawled: “ T say, dad, do you remember the time Jou were expelled from school?’ “I did. There was no use denying it, for one day, in a burst of confidence, I had told him of my escapades as a boy, and lived to regret that I had been so indiscreet. “ ‘Well,’ said he, ‘history has repeated Itself.’: “ ‘What do you mean, you young rascal?’ I roared. “ ‘Oh,’ said he, easily, Tve been expelled, too. Astonishing, isn’t it, dad, how such things will run in a family?’ ”