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Show NO WEAKNESS AT THE END Clancy's Comment on Old Friend's Clearness of Intellect Apparently Apparent-ly a True One. A local architect is sponsor for the following Irish anecdote: Pat was reported lying at death's door, so Clancy and MeMunigan determined de-termined to call upon hiin and do what they could to ease his last mo- . ments. Arriving at Pat's detniclie, they were admitted by the sick man's weeping wife and conducted to the chamber of not-far-off death. Pat looked very bad indeed, and his friends hardly knew whether they had come in time or not. But the near-dead near-dead man rose up as they neared the bed. One grizzled hand pointed floor-ward floor-ward at the bedside and in a weak whisper the sick man bade his friends hand him that which he sought. They looked underneath and found a jug, which Pat joyfully clasped to his breast. "I want," says he, "fer you, me friends, to take a last bit of a swig with me." Acquiescing, Clancy grasped the jug and removed the stopper. He placed , his nose to the opening, a smile creasing creas-ing his rugged countenance. Before drinking, however, he turned to Mc-Mnnigan. Mc-Mnnigan. "Sure and he's sinsible to the viry lnd," said he, nodding sagely. Columbus Dispatch. |