Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1911 — THE BEST MAN. [ARTICLE]

THE BEST MAN.

An Irishman, on meeting a friend all bandaged up and with his arm In • sling, cried out: "Hello. Pat, what Is wrong wid yes?" “Oh,” says Pat, "nothing at all te spake of; I’ve only been enjoying myself at a wedding. It happened this way, Mike. There was an Individual at the wedding who was very offldons and patting his nose into everythin* that was going on. So 1 says to hiss, ‘Who are you?’ And he says to mow ‘Sure, I’m the best man.’ 'Ye’re the best man,’ I replies, *be Jabbers, we'll see about the same.’ So 1 took off? my coat, and he took off, bis, and after we had a most enjoyable fight, by the powers, Mike, it turned out that he was the best man.” —Ideas.