Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — When Sir Thomas Returned. [ARTICLE]

When Sir Thomas Returned.

The king fixed his eyes on Sir Thomas a little reproachfully. The gallant knight flinched slightly beneath the steady gaze. “Did you ‘catch the cup. Tommy ?” his majesty asked, and he asked it in the tone of a man who knows just what the answer will be. “I did not,” said Sir Thomas. He hove a heavy sigh as he said it. Then he hove two. “You did not,” repeated his majesty. “I know you did not. The trouble is that in knotical parlance you did not knot'fast enough.” The king’s features relaxed,as he relieved himself of this humorous sally, and, taking Sir Thomas by the arm, he permitted one eyelid to slightly droop as they passed down the corridor and through a green baize swinging door.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.