Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1920 — Out of Place. [ARTICLE]

Out of Place.

A book-lover was' seated in his library, surrounded by scattered volumes. Encouraged by the reports of discoveries of valuable fragments of manuscripts In other people’s books, he was having a little search of his own. His small son was on tbs floor assisting the enterprise. “Father,” said the child solemnly, suddenly breaking the silence, “does every book have * flyleaf r, “Certainly,” replied the father, “unless it has been torn out”/ “Wen,” said the child, in a tone of deep concern, “Fve just found a fly squashed on the wrong page!"