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Show T II E 11 E H .E II A L L). E R B absence of four days, leaving the .boys at the camp. It was in early morning when the Colonel departed. Soon afterward all. the men saddled up, and rode away in different directions to their dally rounds, so that with the exception of John, the Chinese coo'; the boys were left alone. Finding no other way of amusing themselves, they set out for the railroad to & watch tl e trains go by, as they had often done before, lying at full length on the soft grass, and listening to the waited music made by the wind on the both well knew that this included the e and tower, they thus readily excused their disobedience; and were soon at the door of the house. of telegraph wires. He looked around he blushed ht laugh well-hm.s- to -- A great many trains were riming then, as it was the busy stock-shippin- g season, and as nearly all stopped at the tank to take water, the boys enjoyed and watching the dirty-face- d enginemen as they oiled the big panting engines with the great long-nosewhile tfie firemen pulled down the crane-likspout and turned on the water. On tins particular day, for some ; reason, no trains came along and after waiting for along time, the boys to cross over on the other sride of,the track, where they could see better as Virgil said. ' Once on this side of life track, they reasoned with each other that it could do no possible harm to go tip to the blue-blous-- THE DRUNKARD, s, e ; on - Hand me the bowl, ye jocuned band,'' 1 Ir said, twill rouse my mirth ; But cohcience seized his trembling hand And dashed the cup to earth. ; coo-clud- ed 4 ed, 1 le, sij pe J the sparkling wave; In it he read who drinks this draught Shall fijl a murdefs erave! fn w n -- , P He grasped the bowl to seek relief; c No more his conciehce said; His bosom friend was sunk in grief, His children bcirired for bread. Throiraunts of horror and of He pgssed down lifes dark tide; ' He cursed his boggard babes and wife; I le hirsed his God and died!' -- f 'Hie Austrain governuint has decided, that the pool rooms are establishments which must be licensed. As it takes , about a year. to obtain a license, th?Jun Father only said not to go around will have to alone v iihcut- pool the tank," said Homer, and although rooms for a season at least. ' ': well-hous- e. . , ' . v b:l .I1 ed d oil-can- BE CONRINUKD. th -- net-wor- k r ; . H - |