Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1917 — Well, Why Not? [ARTICLE]

Well, Why Not?

She (as Smith is allowing the “chaw juice” to trickle over The horse-' hide)—-Oh, why does that little fellow out there all alone do that every time just before he throws the ball? He (gently but calmly)— Well, see, he always uses the same ball jp every game he pitches and he has become so attached to it that he always kisses good-bye ( before he throws it, for fear that the batter may bunt it over the'fence and lose it. (Thick silence.)