Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1884 — A Care'ess Artist. [ARTICLE]

A Care'ess Artist.

Mrs. Gimlet called on Mrs. Auger—• who was married only last year—and proceeded to give her some news. “Did. you have a nice time, dear, while you were out in the country last month?” she asked. “Oh, yes;'a splendid time.” J. “Mr. Auger didn’t gd?” “Nd, poor fellow, he had to stay home and work.” “Ah! I unde.stand lie worker pfetty hard,” said Mrs.’ Gimlet, with a faint suspicion of sarcasm in her tones. “He painted the city red, my dear, all the time you were gone. ” “I knew it,” replied Mrs. Auger conclusively, “all the time.” ' “How did you learn it?” “He is such a careless, dear old boy that he splattered red paint all over his face, and that on his nose won’t wash off.”—Neu? York Graphic, It is much easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.