Show ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP I Conflicting War Reports Reports Had Driven Driven Unfortunate Man to the Limit of Endurance A looking humble-looking middle aged aged man who had been reading the evening paper paper pa pa- per on the car laid It aside with a sigh that made the man next to him ask Did you ou notice the death of of r a relative rel rel- relative in iii yo your r paper paper Worse Wore than that was was the doleful reply y I Perhaps some great misfortune is isto isto isto to overtake you it was the reply with solemn shakes shakes' of the head You Yo haye have my sympathies said the theother theother theother other after a moment But It wont won't do me no good although although although al al- al- al though you have my thanks Before I get home my wife wile will have read this er paper and shell she'll be all prepared for Ifor me Prepared d how Why heres here's a. a a dispatch from Petrograd Petrograd Petro Petro- grad w which ich says say that the Russians have taken a half million prisoners Yes I see And that the Austrians have taken nearly a million Yes And that the Germans have cap captured captured cap cap- 17 towns towns in France see I 1 see eee And nd that the British and French have driven the Germans back 28 miles Well I will have no sooner re reached ched the gate than my my wife will come come out and wave the paper paper In in her hand and shout until until she can be heard d down wn to the corner comer The only thing I can can do Is Isto is isto isto to take taketo to my heels But why asked the other Why should ho ld your wife act that way Because I work In the Job office of ofa a newspaper and end she holds me me mere re responsible responsible re- re re- re for all the lies printed In Inthe Inthe inthe the paper Either the editor or I must sign a pledge to quit lying about the war or take up some other way ray of making a living Ive I've stood it and stood it until I can stand it no longer long long- er err Pittsburgh er-Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Dispatch |