Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1916 — Worse Than Hard. [ARTICLE]

Worse Than Hard.

Shamus O’Callaghan sat at the door of his cottage, his head bowed in his hands, and sobbing with emotion. His friend Terence O’Halloran chanced to pass. “Arrah, ye’re looking very sad the day,” b e sai d laying a sympathetic hand oh the mournful one> shoulder. “Ah, and it’s feeling very sad I am,” responded Shamus. “Oi’ve lost me mother-in-law.” “Lost your mother-in-law?” said the surprised Terence. "Ay," replied Shamns. "Oi tell ye it's very hard to lose your mother-in-law.” “Hard!” exclaimed Terence, "Befor ra. me bhoy, it’ almost impossible!*