Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1917 — Seeking Permission. [ARTICLE]

Seeking Permission.

Old John Gargoyle lived only for his garden. It was to him what a growing son is to other men. At the end of It stood a telephone post, antWhe other morning Gargoyle watched with feelings dt horror a telephone mechanic climb his back wall. He descended Into the garden, bringing with him about a dozen loose bricks, and fell full length into a bed of sweet peas. He picked himself up, dragged a heavy ladder across a patch of lettuce and dropped it into a cucumber frame. Then he took a short cut, in his hobnailed boots, across some vacant beds where many precious bulbs were interned. Finally, after slipping over a clump of priceless roses, he appeared under the dining-room window,- where Gargoyle stood in speechless fury. " ’Scuse me, sir,” he remarked, “but the telephone people are very particular about us trespassing on private ground where we have fixtures. Can I have permission to enter your garden, sir?"