Show STRANGE i EXCUSE j i ft Mad lade By ay Man Who Broke Breit His ms Pledge I INot Not to Drink Brink I N New w Orleans Sj of pledges not to take a I drink a n time it is interest t ins to note the excuses which men some tines give for tor not sticking up to their r promises sak a man who is around th tb C courts a good deal dell It is I very ery f ry amusing g to hear b ar some of th the excuses which are or C doled nut out to the police judges by some 50 som Of Oft g I the rl ular who make efforts now ana it then to t he be itI good grood Of or course the excuse I are aft am always more or less plausible but b bu 1 of them border on the ridi I By B th way WiY why is It that a man w ii always alway look around in order to O up an excuse for drinking f Jp It I that he will alwa give any and nd efery ry y excuse but the right on Mea Men drink be cause cauce they like It as a rule There The met may m 7 be some few exceptions to the rule rota Wt my experience and observation teach leash me si S e 1 that mm mn who drink pimply like Uk to drink dink d c But Bt I was as thinking of the ca a 1 are given by who fall taB down n in pledges pl gf s and promises pr made polio poU e ear rt Judges and others that they would eart Hot c t touch a drop of drink in a certain cI I fled fied time I heard beard an amusing s speech the other morning while attend att a lag ing I one of ot th of ot a dO downs police court When the fellow t 4 out of th t L once ew recognized lm as an old offender f He H e was one ne of the regulars one o ef Of the i I follows fe hauled haWed up p every now an sad then ben for or imbibing too freely t freet and the Judge indge proceeded p to make a few remarks to him hira hi I on en th the subject of ot the ue promise pr he had bad made m ade some time before The offender bad Jaad ba baa d taken a written pledge not net to drink a for tor a year He had fe r out ot for tor fo r months and aDd his hla friends to think well wed of his promises But he e tell fell te ll the wayside e and tb tM thi Judge Ja ewaa was wag asking as asje king him bow how it all aD happened WM W ii edge je dge the old fellow said ald you s see e your I honor h onor I changed me e coat yesterday and anel left le ft me sic pledge in till the pocket I toek tek off of and a aw nd when I J found I have me pledge I with w ith h me your honor I keep kd k from taking a a drink sir and X J got drank runk d your honor He was d I with w ith the admonition U to keep his pistol in his I pocket h her r s I |