Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1902 — Easily Remedied. [ARTICLE]

Easily Remedied.

-In the middle of the night Mrs. Carter smelled gas. She had a habit of spielling and hearing thirigs at hours when most people are peacefully asleep, says the Baltimore Sun, so when she shook her husband and tried to wake him to the present danger, he suspected that it was the same old story, and refused to come out of his dreams. Finally Mrs. Carter herself crept downstairs to investigate. Returning with great excitement, she shook her husband vigorously. “What’s the matter?’’ he murmured, sleepily. “John, there’s a leak in the gaspipe in the kitchen. If It isn’t fixed we shall all be asphyxiated.” “Uin-m! ’Spbyxiatcd?” “Yes, burry!” “Leaking much now?” “Not much, but it's dangerous. John, you’re going to sleep again! Go down and fix It.” “Oh, put a bucket under it and come to bed!”