Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1919 — Opportunity Missed. [ARTICLE]

Opportunity Missed.

For several years it had been my custom to make a visit on Thanksgiving afternoon at the home of my most particular friend. This last Thanksgiving I missed, as the family was to attend the community singing at 4 p. m. A few days after little Katherine dropped in to see me and asked “Why didn’t you come to see us on Thanksgiving?” “Well,” I replied, “you were not at home in the afternoon.” She then asked: “Why didn’t you come earlier? Why not come for dinner?” “But,” I jokingly replied, “you didn’t ask me!” “Well,” she replied thoughtfully, “I IhTnkTr you had come early and hung around they’d have asked you!”—Chicago Tribune.