Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1913 — Had Not Understood. [ARTICLE]

Had Not Understood.

Many people have smiled over the Byron-worshipping old lady who called her dog “Perchance,” after reading the line in “Childe Harold,” -“Perchance my dog will whine in vain,” but not so many are aware of a tour-' ist’s recent experience in the southwest of Ireland. The tourist was a sporting man. When he alighted from his train at a small country station he inquired of the solitary porter as to a suitable hotel. Getting a satisfactory reply, he Bald: "And now, Pat, will you take charge of my gown and my dog, etcetera?” Pat 'hesitated, and scratched his head; then, as the tourist was hurrying off the platform, he rushed forward and touched him on the arm. “Beg pardon, your honor,” he said, "but does Excethra bite, sor?”