Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1902 — WHEN WIT MEETS WIT. [ARTICLE]

WHEN WIT MEETS WIT.

Mr. John Kemlrick Bangs is the proud possessor of three young sons, the eldest of whom bids fair to rival his famous father in wit. The other day Mr. Bangs took the three boys out for a long tramp, miscalculated the distance and found he was tiring the youngsters out, though not one of them would confess it. At this moment they came to a pretty difficult hilt. It occurred to Mr. Bangs to lighten the boys’ labors by stirring their imaginations, so he pretended the hill was San Juan and they were to charge up to the top. All went well till the eldest boy stopped in the middle of the rush to blow his nose. “What’s this?” said Mr. Bangs. “A soldier stopping during ft charge to blow his nose? Nice soldier you would make. Why, you’d be disgraced forever for a thing like that.” “I should think.” replied the imperturbable youngster, “that it would be easy enough to take your handkerchief and wipe out the disgrace.” Mr. Bungs continued his part of the charge in a meek silence.—Harper’s.