Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — One Ahead. [ARTICLE]

One Ahead.

Mrs. A. was having one of her houses cleaned, preparatory to letting it to a new tenant. Assisting her was a “cleaner,” who proved to be very inefficient. Finding a room which was supposed to be in order still very dirty, Mrs. A. swept it herself. Then she said to Bridget, whom she met in the hall: “Why, Mrs. Ryan, I thought you said you had swept the front room, and here I have got a whole dustpan full of dirt out of it.” Nothing disconcerted, Bridget responded with a beaming smile: “Did ye now, ma'am? I got two.”