Millard County Chronicle | 1912-03-21 | Page 8 | [Untitled]

An Iconoclast. "All over Europe my wife has made enemies by boldly doubting cherished traditions." said the traveler, "but her skepticism respecting Alfred the Great embroiled her lu the most serious difficulty. dif-ficulty. An old gentleman who sat with thin, blue Angers spread above tbe I feeble blate from which my wife, red ' nosed and shivering, endeavored to extract a little warmth, expatiated on the cake burning episode. Ssld my wife abruptly: 'Dont tell me that old yarn again, please. I don't believe a word of It." ""Vhy notr he demanded. "'Pecause." she said, 'there never was a Ore tn England hot enough to burn cakes.' "Her retort did for the old gentleman gentle-man what the first bad failed to do. It made him hot. but even so, he never forgave fcer."