Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1904 — Lucky Man. [ARTICLE]

Lucky Man.

In crossing the ocean a father and son both became very seasick. The father recovered quickly, but the son was bo exhausted with the attack that he sank into a state of apathy, from which it seemed Impossible to arouse him. The steamer physician, thinking he would try a sudden shock, said: “I have bnd news for you. Your father Is dead!” The son, raising his expressionless eyes to the doctor, replied, "Lucky than!”