Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1920 — ONE THING THEY OVERLOOKED [ARTICLE]

ONE THING THEY OVERLOOKED

Investigation Might Have Saved Travelers a Weary All-Night Fight With Those Bats.

Two friends went for a country holiday and secured very comfortable quarters In a farm house. During their first night they were roused by the sound of something flopping about the room. Striking a match, they discovered a large bat.

After a chase, they caught the scared thing, and. being unable to open the window, just shut it away in the drawer of the dressing table.

They had just dozed off when there was another bat and another hattie. This one Joined the first in the drawer. The same thing happened again, until they had caught and imprisoned II bats. Then they got a little peace. In the morning they invited the landlady up to view their bag. Opening the drawer, proudly they found therein one poor, weary bat, and the landlady laughed. “I suppose you never thonght there wfis no back to that old drawer?" she remarked; —London Answers.