Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — On Authority. [ARTICLE]

On Authority.

Bobby, the son of thehouse, age four, was not the sort of boy that comes in to entertain grown-up visitors. Quite the contrary. His place was the back-yard playground, and he knew it. But one day when he entered the drawing-room inadvertently he was beckoned forward for introduction to a caller. “Bobby.” said his mother, “this 18 Mrs. Lord.” Bobby went tip and shook hands, gravely. Then he turned and regarded his mother with an amused twinkle. “Aw, say, muvver,” he returned, “you’re kiddin’ me. There ain’t no Mrs. Lord."