Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — Kidding Himself. [ARTICLE]

Kidding Himself.

“That fellow Jones is plumb crazy kidding himself.” “How’s that?” “Why, making excuses for himself—bolstering himself with pretense. For instance, the other night he came in at 12 o’clock. He didn’t want to lie to his wife, so he turned the hall clock ovef on its side to make It look like a quarter of nine, and went to bed conscientiously.” "