Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1911 — Sleep and Let Sleep. [ARTICLE]

Sleep and Let Sleep.

It was in the small hours of a muggy morning. From a seat near the Mudham docks, where he had spent the night, Pat watched the Merely Mary Ann as it loomed out of the fog. “Want a job?” asked the foreman, suddenly appearing. “Shure, it’s only six o’clock,” continued Pat. “Never mind that,” retorted the foreman, “we want a man to help us unload that ship." ’ “What’s the cargo?” asked Pat. “Sleepers,” said the foreman shortly. “Sleepers, bedad!” exclaimed Pat, with his fingers to his lips. "Shure, didn’t Oi tell yes it was too sopn to start work! We -mustn’t be wakin’ em up so early in the mornin’!”—* Answers. -