Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1885 — The Catcher at Home. [ARTICLE]

The Catcher at Home.

The Catcher’s Wife—Home again, Paddy! Well, what luck? The Catcher —Immense! Wiped’em out. The C. W.—The score. Paddy—the score ? The C.—Six to nix. The C. W. —And you, Paddy? Did you— The C.—Did I distinguish myself? Look at them, my love! (Lays three finger nails and a tooth on the table.) The C. W.—The umpire? (anxiously.) The C. (solemnly)—He sleeps. . The C. W.—Did you pluckly continue? The C.—No; I pluckly retired. And now, darling, to hash!— Philadelphia Call. -