Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1918 — HIS ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION [ARTICLE]

HIS ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION

Many Things Happened While Eager r Young Man Waited Answer That Meant So Much to Him. s He had asked her a question of the greatest importance and one which he felt warranted an Immediate . reply.. She seemed very calm and collected herself much as an Indianapolis street car conductor would collect a nickel fare and one cent for a transfer. As he searched her face and found nothing but a small brown mole near the end of her nose he knew that she must answer his question. Something told him that she would, but, of course, he didn’t know what Slowly a hectic flush began to suffuse her cheeks. He didn’t even know what hectic meant and, therefore, didn’t appreciate one when it suffused. He would have recognized a straight flush in an instant. -

Must he hound her for a reply? Nope; decidedly nope. Must he ask her ggain? Nope er that is to say, yep—or rather, yes ma’am. “Well, what do you think of Germany’s reply to Mr. Wilson?" he squiggled, alternating from one foot to the other until he had tried all two of them. -■ “I ddn’t know, George,” she a» bounded, as she broke into the charm of ‘Don’t Feed the Hand That P' You.’”—lidianapolfa News