Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1904 — Dashed to Earth Again. [ARTICLE]

Dashed to Earth Again.

“It’s real interesting to read about these folks that lived in mythological times,” said Mr. Cobb as he put a slip of paper in his library book and shut it carefully. “Seems as if 9 o’clock came quicker than ever I knew it to before.” Mrs. Cobb was putting a large patch on one elbow of her waist, and she held it close to the lamp in what seemed to her husband an ostentatious way. He turned sidewise in his chair to avoid the view. “There was that feller Atlas,” he said, musing. “He was strong beyond anything that we have nowadays. Why, he supported the heavens on his head and hands; held ’em up in place till they got kind of set I Judge. What muscle such a man as that must have had!” And Mr. Cobb doubled his right fist and brought it up to his shoulder while the fingers of his left hand felt his arm with apparent satisfaction. “What an appetite he must have had!” said Mrs. Cobb tartly. “And while he was supporting the heavens—work the Lord could have done without any of his help—l’ll risk but what his wife was supporting him! And tomorrow I guess your cold ’ll be well enough so you can go over to the squire’s and begin on that wood they want chopped and piled."