Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1918 — The Quick Comeback. [ARTICLE]

The Quick Comeback.

“France’s success in this war.” said ,the close observer, “is her wonderful comeback. No matter how hard Germany has hit her, France has always returned the blow with speed and vigor.“France, in fact, has been as ready Uta the young fellow who proposed to rtje schoolteacher. The schoolteacher said to him scornfully: “ ‘Do you suppose, Mr. Doolittle, that I’d ever marry a man so benighted as to carry a great big horseshoe in his pocket for luck?* “Doolittle paled. Then, recovering himself quietly, he gave a loud laugh, took ont his horseshoe, laid it on his knee, patted it and said gayly: “ ‘Well, old fellow, I guess nobody’ll ever doubt your efficacy after this!’ ”