Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1889-12-15 | Page 13 | She Had a Cork Leg

She Had a Cork Leg In one of Chicagos public institutions Is a bright eyed witty Irish widow who loves a joke as only the people from her country do In the same institution is a stolid German professor who rather admires ad-mires the pretty widow The two often meet and indulge in pleasant chats The German professor is married and is the lord and master of a happy family The other day he chanced to meet the Irish widow and they entered into conversation conversa-tion in the course of which the witty widow borrowed the professors ear and said Professor I dont moind telling you as youre a married man but I have a cork leg1 The professor was surprised He said he never would have thought itJS he had never noticed any limp No said the widow and I can dance with the best of them The professor marveled greatly and said lie did not see how she could so successfully disguise it Well she said Ill tell you professor I have a cork leg because be-cause I was born in Cork This remark was made last Thursday The German professor thought it over until Monday last and then he laughedChicago Herald Her-ald