Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1906 — Willing to Compromise. [ARTICLE]

Willing to Compromise.

The mother had been having a strenuous day with her offspring, as Mrs. Anna Garlln Spencer tells the story of a little cousin of hers. The small boy had even more than usually been a peripatetic interrogation point. There were few things concerning the construction of the world and all things In it. with asides upon various thelogical, philosophical and scientific questions. which the mother had not tried to answer. She was exhausted and welcomed the night as she undressed her little son and prepared him for tied. But he had not finished his questions. “Mamma,” he asked, “where Is my soul?” “Now, dear,” replied the weary mamma, “I am very tired, and I can’t answer another question tonight.” “Well, then, you needn’t answer It tonight.” said the child, “but please put your finger on the very spot!”— New York Times.