Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Willing to Oblige. [ARTICLE]

Willing to Oblige.

An Englishman ut a dinner once told a tale of a tiger he had shot which measured twenty-four feet from snout to tail-tip. Everyone was astonished, hut no one ventured to insinuate a doubt of the truth of the story. Presently a Scotsman told his tale. He had once caught a fish which he said he was unable to pull in alone, managing only to land it at last with the aid of six friends. “It was a skate, and it covered two acres.” Silence followed this recital, during which the offended Englishman lert the table. The host followed. After returning he said to the Scotsman: “Sir, you have insulted my friend. You must apologize." “i dinna insoolt him,” said the Scot. “Yes you did, with your two-acre fish story. You must apologize.” “Well, said the offender, slowly, with the air of one making a great concession, “tell him if he will take ten feet off that tiger I will see what I can do with the fish.”—London Tit-Bits.