Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1885 — The Bravest of the Brave. [ARTICLE]

The Bravest of the Brave.

“Hello, Jack! I saw your old Colonel yesterday, and he spoke verv highly of you.” o' “Did he? What did he say, Tom?” “He said you were the bravest soldier in the regiment. I told him that everybody, here was inclined to regard you as a coward now, but he persisted in calling you the bravest of the brave, and said you had nobly won the title.” “Did the Colonel explain why he thought I was brave, while you thought otherwise ?” “Upon my word I didn’t think to ask him. What proof did you give him of your courage?” * “Why, I—l—great heavens! . I married pis mother-in-law!”—A’ewmafi Independent. He who defers his charities till his death is more liberal o‘s another main’s goods than his own.