Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1889 — A Slip of the Tongue. [ARTICLE]

A Slip of the Tongue.

Lewiston Journal. An agreeable young man whom I often meet, was calling with dne ceremony on a nice Auburn girl, the other evening, when her brother Tom, just arrived home from college on the eveninp train, rushed into the room and embraced his sister. ' ** “Why, how plump you’ve grown, Edith!” he exclaimed. “You’re really quite ah armful!” “Isn’t she?*’ exclaimed the agreeable yonng man, and then he felt a chill racing down his spinal column. “That is,” he stammered, “I’ve no doubt of it—l ” i' The brother looked carving knives at him, and the maiden blushed furiously. “I mean—er,” said he, “I should judge sol” >