Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1917 — Spoke Without Thinking. [ARTICLE]

Spoke Without Thinking.

As the doctor was showing some friends through an Insane asylum he drew their attention to a stately old* womqn wearing a paper crown. He explained that she imagined she was the queen of England, and for their amusement he .advanced toward her with a courtly bow and said: “Good morning, your majesty." The old woman looked at him and retorted scornfully: “You’re a fool, sir." The doctor was greatly astonished, but totally collapsed when one of the party remarked innocently: “Why, doctor, she was sane enough then."