Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1919 — PAT EVIDENTLY MADE GOOD [ARTICLE]

PAT EVIDENTLY MADE GOOD

News From America Seerred to Prove Irishman Had Not Misjudged His Capacity. Pat Finnegan had left his wife in Ireland and gone to America to try his fortune and establish a home for his family in the new world. It was some two or three weeks after Pat’s departure that Jiis wife stood in the meager garden in front of her home, looking down the ropd hefinuu limF gone, and moodily speculating on his success. She vas rudely startled by the harsh voice of Mrs. O’Leary callIng her over the fence. “Have you heard the news from America, Mrs. Finnegan?” “Faith, an’ Oi have not.” "’Tis in the paper this marnln’. Read it fer yerself. ‘America gone dry. Last alcoholic drink sold at midnight, June 20.’ ” Mrs. Finnegan looked doubtful for a minute; then, swelling with pride and casting a triumphant glance at Mrs. O'Leary, she shouted back; “Faith, an’ Pat always said, give him two weeks an’ there was not a country in the wourkl he couldn't drink dry.”— Life. \ -■