Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1920 — AT LEAST ONE GIRL SORRY [ARTICLE]

AT LEAST ONE GIRL SORRY

Veteran Had to Confess He Left Behind Him in France One Sorrowful Malden. The moon was full, the summer night was balmy, the hammock was built for two, and it seemed a shame to break It all up. “Jack.” she asked, “was there a girl tn France who was sorry to see you goF “I’d rather you didn’t ask me that question, dear,’’ he said. “But I must know. We’re engaged and you should tell me everything," sire insisted. “Dear, 1 don’t like to talk about It—” “Oh, Jack, how could you when all the time you were engaged to me!" “Listen a minpte and I’ll give you the whole story?’ he said in desperation. “She was —” “Welir “She was my laundress. I owed her 12 francs." —Boston Globe.