PAT AND THE MONKS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, 29 May 1913, Page 26

PAT AND THE MONKS.

A gentleman, travelling through one of the country parts of Irelaid, said to his “jarvey’:—“Pull up at the next inn Pat; we’ll have some refreshment." In the parlour, when asked what he would take to drink, Pat replied: — “Sure, I’ll have the same as yer honor does.”

“Well, I’m going to have a glass of chartreuse,” said his fare. “Then I’ll have the same, sor,” said Pat.

During the waiter’s absence the traveller explained to Pat how the liqueur they had ordered was made by the famous monks of Chartreuse. Two tiny liqueur glasses were then placed before them, and Pat disposed of the contents of his in one gulp. Traveller; “Well, Pat, what do you think of it?” Pat: “And was that stuff made by the monks?”

Traveller: “Yes, Pat, by the good monks of Chartreuse.”

Pat (smacking his lips): “Well, good luck to them monks, says I; but as to the man that made that glass —to h wid him.”