Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1905 — His Excuse. [ARTICLE]

His Excuse.

“Ah-hah, squire!” chuckled Hi Spry, the village wag and cut-up, upon encountering the old codger next morning after the date of the appearance of the greatest show on earth. “Ketched ye in a yarn! Told me ye was goin’ to take boy to the circus and I seen ye right smack up on the tip-top seat last night, without a single sign of a boy with ye!” “Took the boy I used to be, years and years ago!” returned the veteran, crabbedly. “I’m in my second childhood, golram ye!”—Puck.