Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1909 — Sympathized With Jim. [ARTICLE]

Sympathized With Jim.

An excited, middle-aged lady bounced into a police station the other day and accosted the officer on duty. “Wher’s my Jim?” she demanded. “Beg pardon, madam—dog, I presume?” said the officer. “Don’t you dare to presume nothing of the kind,” snapped the lady. “Dog, indeed! No, sir, husband —my husband. He’s missing, disappeared, decamped—” “You don’t say so!” "But I’d have yoa to understand that I do say so, young man. How dare you sit there and flatly contradict a taxpayer?—leastways, the lawful wife of one. I’ll report you, sir. Do you hear that? I’ll report you! Where’s my husband?” “My dear madam —” “How dare you call me your dear madam? Do you think I come here to be insulted? I tell you my husband has decamped, and you sit there like a dummy. What do you think of that?" -r “Well, madam,” responded the polite officer, "I haven’t the pleasure of your husband’s acquaintance, but I should say he’s a wise man.”—Detroit News.