Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — The Scrap Book [ARTICLE]

The Scrap Book

OL’ MAN TROUBLE.

Of Man TToubl. i-omM ’proot de MU. J MX, •’Ton'll never «>< me.” but he says. •'I gUM. I wUI.“ He mussed up my Intentions in de worn I tried td do. But 1 aald. "I’ll never mind him an' I U start de work anew." Ol' Man Trouble kep’ a-hangln’ on my track. Ho got to callin' names an' tried to make me answer back But J simply let ‘tm holler an' I only stopped to say, "I aln‘t got time to argue, 'cause dis is my busy day.” Ol' Man Trouble got so ugly In his ways He bought a keg o' powder an' ho tried to start a blase. Den I says. ''Mlstah Trouble, since yoh other name is 'Hun* Dis Is where I lose my patience an’ I got * to git a gun.” -Philander Johnson In Washington Star