Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1899 — His Successful Effort. [ARTICLE]

His Successful Effort.

“I saw you on a suburban train last night and you seemed td be greatly amused at something an old gentleman was telling you.” “Did I really look as if I were tickled?”

“Yes. The story you were listening to must have been something very funny.” “By Jove, I’m glad to hear you say that. The old gentleman Is the father of the girl I love best on earth, and he was telling me a yarn that I beard for the first time about nine years ago.”