Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1904 — Modest Man. [ARTICLE]

Modest Man.

“Zeb,” said the colored man’s employer. "I’m afraid you are getting a little lazy.* "No, sub,” was the earnest reply, “I Isn’t lazy. I kin do as much work as any two o’ dese other men, but I's lryin’ to keep f’um show in’ off.’’—Washington Star.