Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-04
SURE, THEY'LL NIVER
FERGTT THIS WEDDTV'
Jimmy Byrne Ladies McTam-
many Basic Phwin Poort
Richmond Pair Are Kidnap-
ped.

Port Richmond is tired today II has
| had another wedding one conspicuous re-
suit Of which, in addition to changing
the name Of Miss Mary McDermott TO
! Mrs. John Toman. has been to put Jimmy
| Byrne upon n pedestal along wild Jimmy
! Hamill, who is be way av being the
Scatchen av the district. II was Jimmy
Hamll that lnthroJooced John Toman to
Miss McDermott phwin Toman was bist
man to John Langan, and they do say all
the widdies and ould maids av Poort
Richmond are afther Hamll to inthro-
jooce thin to likely byes fer husbands
Be that as 1t may. Jimmy Byrne, the
same Jimmy thot chopped the ice from
the wathcring trough afore the poleece
turned of the wather. and sould 1t TO
his customers, him bein' tn the Ice busi-
ness Jimmy Byrne, thin, again hvered
himself wild glory ladn' the donkey baste
that made McTammany famyis IN Poort
Richmond. The baste, It may be said,
was har-rnissed to the chaise in which
sat the blushng and narvous John To-
man and the also blushing, but quite at
her aise. Miss McDermott.
TIL route av the prrade was from the
18th War-rd Dlmicratic Club dye moind,
to st. AIMS, pwhere they were married
TIL pirrade thin pwhint { tn house aN
John Toman an MS br-ride, pwhere the
two windies were so schmall that what
wild the soi2e av the fur-rntur-re John
Toman bought he had to tear out the
front av' the house and put wan single
lar-rge windy to get the fur-rniturre into
the house. dye moind 'Tls a great head
he has, John Toman, but thin the poor
bye was narvous, him not KNOWN pwhat
the byes were 10 do to him.
IT was the night gang from Cramps
and Laigue oisland and the Kidding
Railway that kidnapped John Toman an
his br-ride. the same gang that TUX John
langan pwhin John Toman was his bist
man an rode them In the chalse beyant
McTammanys donkey carin' divil a bit
for tn danger av Langan, sthurdy lad
thot he is
Twas rainin' pwhln the carriage drew
up bofoore the house av Miss McDer-
mott thot was. Twas a dark and dish
nal day dye moind, and the chaise
came full an hour earlier he order av
John Toman in the belief he could fool
the byes. But John Langan always had
sispicion thot twas Toman who tipped
Off the byes pwhin he sphread tn wrong
date av his weddin' so s he could deceive
thin, an John Langan and the others
pwhere lookin' for deceit There fore,
they pwhere waiting pwhin the carriage
came up TO the dure
Whist" said some wan wild the t'roat
av a foghorn. And afore ye cud wink,
around the corner came the McTammany
howldn' back again tirty or forty big
lads av the night gangs. peevish baste
is McTammany's donkey It's idea av
good time is TO ate tin cans.
At any rate, up sprang Jimmy Byrne |
from somewhere, an wild a wold yell he I
grabs the br-ridle av the bnste dozen /,
others tie the dures shut av the cab so 4
Toman and his hr-ride will be afther |
sthayin' there. an off they go to the /
chur-rch, wild all Poort Richmond at the |
heels av the lads pushin' the cab and a /
hundred or two more dancn' about /
Jimmy Byrne, who is as proud as a pea
cock, wild ivirybody shoutin' to him as
he ladies' the baste, an him KNOWN Mrs. !
Byrne is at home madder thin a march .
hare and calling him a fule and Ounce, /
what wild his capers in the streets.
A picture illustrating this story Will
he found on the hack paEe.