Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1916 — Let Well Enough Alone. [ARTICLE]

Let Well Enough Alone.

Why a man Just back from the Mexican border should arrive with a new European war story Is not to be explained here, but the story which Bob West of Cincinnati brought with him excuses any inconsistency, says the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. Two Irish soldiers are retreating before a brisk German advance when one of them is wounded in the lee. “Up on me shoulders, Pat,” says the second. “Oi’ll do me hist for ye.” “Lave me be,” replied the fallen man. “Oi’ll take me chances here.” “Up man!” urges the unwounded soldier. “Oi’ll carry yez t’ safety.” “Foine enough that sounds,” replies the wounded man, “an’ sinsible y are to propose ut. Oi’d get a couple more bullets in me back an’ you’d get th’ Victhoria cross.”