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Show CAME P HETTY FAST FOR PAT. At That, He Had Had Only What the Doctor Ordered. A Philadelphia physician says Hint not long ago he waa called to see nn Irishman, and among other direction told him to take an ounce of whisky three time a day A day or so later ha made another visit and found tho man, while not eo sick, undeniably drunk "llow did this happen'" the physician physi-cian demanded of Pat s wife, who was hovering nbout solicitously "Sure, dorhter. nn' 'tis Just what you ordered, u-i' un more, that ho bad," she protested "I sold ono ounce uf whisky threo times n day. Hint could not make hi in drunk," the physician said "He ha had much more than Hint " "Dlvll n drop mure, dochter, dear," sho declared "Sure an' ol didn't know- Just how much nn nunco was so ol wlnt lo the drug store nn' naked, an' tho lad he's u broth of n boy, too told me that un ounce was IS drams and Pat has bad tlilni regular, nn' no more'" Harper's Weekly. |