Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1909 — The Old Joke Revised. [ARTICLE]

The Old Joke Revised.

There was a rap on his lordship’s door. “My lord,” announced the servant with a low bow, “the airship awaits without.” “Without what, James?” queried his lordship as he lit another cigarette. “Without wings, without gasoline, without ropes and without a propeller. We have just been in a collision.” ,~ And with an impatient wave of his hand his lordship ordered the airship taken around to the airsmith without delay.