Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1903 — Taking No Chances. [ARTICLE]

Taking No Chances.

The boy hung back when the visitor spoke to him, and his mother was naturally annoyed. “Won’t you go to Mrs. Jones, Harold?” she said. “Don’t you like me?” asked Mrs. Jones, good-naturedly. “No, I don’t,” answered the boy. “Why, Harold!” exclaimed bis mother, reproachfully. “Well, I got licked for nop telling the truth yestarday, and I ain’t taking no chances to-day,” protested the boy.