Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — CALL OF THE WILD. [ARTICLE]

CALL OF THE WILD.

Speaking at a dinner, Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, referred to the good old vacation time, and related a story along that line. Two men were sitting at a lunch table in a city case. Outside the air was soft and balmy and everything in nature was a sweet allurement tc buy a railroad ticket and hasten to the woods. “It Is In my system,” remarked one of the pair, glancing through the open window. “There is nothing so appealing as the call of the wild.” “It may strike you that way, old fellow,” smiled the second, “but right here I beg to. cast a dissenting vote.” “You don’t know what you are talking about, Jake 1” enthusiastically Returned the first. “Did you ever hear the call of the wild? Did you ever—” “Yes,” answered Jake, with something akin to a sigh. “From the head of the stairs the other night when 1 didn’t get home until two o’clock in the morning."