Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — The Invitation. [ARTICLE]

The Invitation.

Two jecrults in a Scottish regiment were visiting an English church for the first time. They had not been seated long before the organist began to play a very lively voluntary. This was something new to them, and they listened in astonishment, not being used to music of that sort in church. One of them wds then aroused from a reverie by a tap on the shoulder. Turning around, he saw a lady, the owner of the pew, who smiled at him, wishing to pass to her seat. He did not take in the situation. “No, no, mum!” he said. “Take my mate here—you’ll find he can dance much better (han me I”