Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — Rude Girl. [ARTICLE]

Rude Girl.

One of the most amusing of recent “reminiscence” books is “The Spice of Life,” by “Thormanby.” He has some capital legal stories to tell. He knew a learned counsel once who always boasted that he looked twenty years younger than he was, but he had an awful blow one day when he was crossexamining a very self-possessed young lady. He wanted her to tell him the age of somebody she knew, or at least to make a guess at it, but he couldn’t get a satisfactory answer from her. > “Come, you can generally form an Idea of age from people’s looks,” he said, coaxingly. “Now, how old would you say I am?” To which • the lady replied: “You might be sfxty by your looks; but, judging by the questions you ask, i should say about sixteen!"