Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1887 — Gussie Was So Superstitious. [ARTICLE]

Gussie Was So Superstitious.

“You know,” she said, “that pa couldn’t bear Gussie. He said that Gus was really no good whatever; that he wouldn’t work, and didn’t know anything beyond cigarettes. Pa was just awfully down on him, and the last time Gus came to see me pa heard him iu the parlor and came out with a rush, and before Gus could get down the front steps pa kicked him real hard three times with his left foot. Pa has been lame ever since, and I don’t care if he is. I know Gus felt real hurt about it. He said no man ever kicked him with his left foot before, and that it was real bad luck. I’ve tried a hundred times to get him to come and see me again, but he won’t.” “Why not?” “Ob, he is so superstitious.”—Washington liepuilic.