Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1897 — Hope Deferred. [ARTICLE]

Hope Deferred.

“I’m afraid,” said the Arctic explorer, “we won’t find the North Pole this trip.” “Guess not,” replied his shivering companion; ’‘we’ll have to state that the discovery has been postponed on account of the weather.”—Puck.