Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — A New Excuse. [ARTICLE]

A New Excuse.

“You never loved me,” exclaimed the bride of a week. “True, I did not,” answered the brutal bridegroom,‘“with a sneer, as he wrote an order for the expressman to come for her baggage. “Then why did you marry me?” she moaned, gazing tearfully into the mirror to see if her hat was straight. “I did it,” he answered hoarsely, “to pay an election bet.”