Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1920 — MISTAKEN .IN HIS SURMISE [ARTICLE]

MISTAKEN .IN HIS SURMISE

Mr. Brown Harty In Blaming the Gramophone for Those Unearthly Sounds. Perfect peace reigned in the Browns’ household. The head of the family, his day’s work over, was reading, in blissful anticipation of the evening meal which Mrs. Brown was busy preparing in the kitchen. The gebtle stillness was suddenly by eerie sounds, apparently coming from the next house —a weird moaning, developing into heart-rend-ing wails and harrowing shrieks. Mr. Brown jumped up. “It’s Mrs. Wood’s confounded gramophone playing Tostl’s *GtxxM»y’ ” be cried. “Lizzie”—to his oldest daughter—“go and implore her to stop it I Tell her Fm ill—tell her we’re all ill, anything you like, only make her leave off 1" The child hurried out and two minutes later came rushing back. “It’s not Mrs. Wood’s gramophone, dad,” she Said. “It’s the Mdrphys down the street opening a tin of corned 1”