| Show i tn j SOME M G GOOD sH SHORT RiST STORIES R l j js s i BY 13 D 0 I u i 1 U I u orrl TI Dec De 1 When Whenever XI ever I r rend ml or herr hear of ot thi so su o oI I coiled called drops drop I r the he time vh when n chloral was WI wa pre d for tur or and IIII u d by b m my wiy former WILlki 1 I Hynum of ot C Our b bab biby by girl would not lIot nO t o She k kept pt me the Hoor floO night utter after night until he h ed Id me IIII for tor u th would oUId sleep a abit 1 aI I hit bit In UI the aud In the afternoon mit Dut her fits ts of sleep were so to lir gular that nil ithe kept wIt wilt nil all thu time until ahl he ie also vt un completely worn Mom out iloth Bolli of ot ui u uW W 2 on Oil the th paint of ot th Is JH marriage IL u failure when our Jur UI physician U Ir tor lor YIe and iU baby I 1 could sl I fP p well Enough It If only given shen the opportunity The Thu rh drug I rug put iut my riy small family to sleep Itel and ami when I 1 in lii Int lillI I 1 was Willi very try vr not notto notto to tn the tile particularly the wee wel one fur Cor the Bhe he was ws tho holy huly tel tor lor illi 1 01 You know from observation that i im I im m IL a heavyweight Sine i was wa 20 jears ars old tv not le a than ISO pounds r I 0 W Vell ll llone one night when I 1 crept up tip and on found wife and baby hab sound asleep they ther were ere by thu thi of ot the Led bod They rho had loft me ne halt half of ot the lie bed but like Bob Dob I had to take tuk half butt In tim the middle Not for tor Ill all the wealth In tho the state of ot Indiana would I have awakened either one of ot the pern I 1 jd turned lon down the oil lamp and over ivr the of ot th the bed I 1 stepped but I lesion my 1111 Weight Tho TM whole bed beL creaked d anti and groaned but hut the tho chloral was getting In hit Its 1111 work worl I mv InY who I wel ht on Oil thO the one ane n slat l l then iian another gave and I stumbled out or of beth bed but lost lOch my balance fell tell against thu little III lie the tho lamp fortunately did i not hot explode and then 1 I Ml elI full Cull length i ion on the liner floor The fhe house shook and thai thu panes lanes rattled ra tUNI As Aa OH nil n It tall tail lanky fellow tellow could ilo do It I jot got on flu my lilY red feit t picked up tip the lamp I II righted ted the t he table I a iid be began began gan Jan to to look after aUer my tny frightened fam family ily 11 Neither ono one of M them hud had whim whimpered whimpered pared They Thoy hud had rolled rollel together In tile the middle of or the bed baby on top They were snoring away for Cor or dent iloni life lite and I Ilet Ilet let leI them sleep Ilc p They mL have havo been h en di earning but I made no IU psycho psychological logical 1 I covered them th over OVI put on my lilY III cloths cloth and wont down stairs I slept 1111 on Oh 01 u II lounge And what do you JI think my lIlY wife vito 01 1 to me tile She the found me ne down dou cLaIre with Ith all nil of ot my m clot hUH on and Cite was to doubt douht my ft lory about having tome hont In iii proper con Coil condition until I 1 her the broken n hit anti and the donled labh n nit WJ I i ithe I tho the battered Mide of oC the lamp Neither I sue she nor 1101 the tho baby had liati nd 1 or even dreamed that II cyclone hud struck the tile home must muni bo ho n II pretty prett stron medicine Tho The people of a f tho Iho I ii t ii a ri section of ut our ill r Ic hoo lie ye tin III I ha m taken f that 01 nothing about Hays ot or Virginia An H 11 u IL of oC it filch fact 1111 In III lavIr days I our 01 1 young YOU ng buttes WI ojo taught ta tight hou nd lIt Without such lIuch teachings our homes could nut not II lit have hava been heen Hud HUdi of ot comfort tind lint nee H hn long a throughout t lie tho I length nud aliI I of ot the tho land Hid Iid Buy any all one line ever hour of ot any gentleman apolo apologizing to 10 a concerning the con condition dillon of ot his homo home DM mil one ever a 11 southern lady holy exporting regret that IL a hud luul come Lorne to her IWI home un unexpectedly Unexpected expectedly expected ly and a lid found feti ltd her r honio not 1101 In III older nider On the lie I contrary eon our on r sou them U It Udies dies lies have han always been leen nr i CI cr unit and thI b been eu n K iso 1 0 because they hino done t with their own all nil about it i t ci leally III in clays iii ys although wo we 0 had 1111 black to 10 do 11 I our nul work nm ro never unwilling ing hi to tu put pili their to 10 the wheel when occasion demanded IO not hIlt It II U Ii un erroneous Idea that our young moo men mellor or of the when or attending to 10 There Is l IL a story long 1011 current in jn Virginia to III the th effect that a n nun nian n It nry nt 01 It n Li store stor In mid asked to In have It sent to his hh house iho Ihie told him ho had hurl no nil wagon going that way the thin joung you tig man who MUM sva H t i h for tOl that Ihal uttered tittered some som u u u w u u u U u JU remark at III a l man In III trade who t deliver goods Thereupon upon a it 1 man juan garbed en ly saId hi 0 Ole JIp me inc the th 1 I urn Hili that way and will It tills thU utter after afternoon noon I IThe The oung man hun It over and amil walked out of ot the this In the tho after afler afternoon noon thu tue tall lall slender Blender man mall throve drove up Hi in Hin n It buggy bu y and delivered d this the small pock pack age to the small amen and the latter Mild salti Weil Wel eI my good fellow tellow you have been M very W ry clever about thi lillA I lit t do lo 1 I low own you for tor our nur trouble lit ut all II sir lly lIt e 0 t th the tall mutt man as us a he lightened the tho th and started lil hll horse hone Hut my lay good goud fellow you IU must give me your OUr name and address to so thu 1 I may nitty do lo 0 for tor you tome time exclaimed tho hiti t dude d lIlt 0 You tou ure welcome to 10 my III name ansi nn whirrs wan waA time tilt answer A I 1 am John of ot Col John A Joyce Joice CI the tiit poet Is k I ono one of the tho molt genial of ot companions a n lovable man hum In fact tuel hut But there thure wua II a tinie A hen he S t 1 b IJ by hl hIi h I best iet hc t That was wan Previous to Jun Jan I 1905 however fur for on that thet date datt th the took 1001 a u tempo temper r pledge and kept It H ever since When he hu was addicted to the habit of conviviality ho wu WM s an ugly urh disagreeable I II l u fellow the exact opposite of ot Col el Joyce normal and sober cooer whether nober solier or otherwise o he Ii Is nl oh vay 1118 aye u n sentell Duo Une evening In iii once famous club room mob reference wa was made matle to 10 the barkeeper and Joyce In with Yea rOil are no dialectician dialectic Ion or you would not nol refer etel to that limit young joung man as us asH asIt H It t bur heper Ha lie IH Is u a not u Li I 1 cannot see nee the th difference was the Well Vell Ye 11 this thin Is the this difference said suld Joyce He lie who maintains and tins tun Is h the time keeper We drunken loaf TH Iris hero here are the fellows who and till maintain this bar bal This young oman man who alts on cli us and amid attends to our is a n bartender Wo Ve boozy tools LOUIS are tho the Tho father of ot Senator Dolliver of Iowa was u a l Methodist preacher of ot great power powel Ho He II lived to 10 a 11 good old age Rf the Ihl lift last 1111 10 years of or his life lICe with his distinguished lI timid mid affe MOil ROII Ho lie a n good HtOy tell teller er or all nil of lit his hili narrations how however h v ever evol being concerning churches nod and Sunday school episodes episode One of ot them theta wan waH concerning the tito obnoxious follows tellos who VIm have themselves Invited to id d the children after r the thC little ones OIlI arn am all nil tired out mm anxious nOXIOuS to tu KO go O home homr One of oC those these talked fd to 10 o he time th children for IS Iii about tho t missionaries lii in III I mm India I mid ha Then rhon ho lie talked coil for to Inmost almol a t n it 1 halt hair ha I C an a II bom bout about ii till tho 1111 ri eM in I a China I ima it a ii stopping for tOI a II little breathing such spell II lie he said And now tiow children I 1 have Im told you jou all about the poor d dear ir little heathen what more ian RII I uy 7 I llster exclaimed a little girl In the front tow row ro please sir Ir please say nay SU Amen Mr tr tiNo ul tells a tt story lillie huts the tho lack of ot diplomacy of oC the av aw n pr gi eh cli When It to lighting or lying or playing marbles fur for 1 thi t lit ssI Ion I av IB I 8 an ito artl artt artist t l hut never hover n II diplomat Two boys bOyR or were tl rig during and both iseri taken before the lady Ill teacher who n k od ed hInt t tot for th Ih IU of or the lie I Ito Ilo Ie said cald I 1 stolE hi hIs and I hit lilt Mm hi I iii nail one little I I 1 t ie fellow tel 10 IV II ly I never said Mid of ot the tho kind blubbered the tho tiny liny hi I 1 said that thai somebody stole my knife Hut Hilt lit It you Oll nt at mo lIlt 1 amid 1111 1 you meant me ilie when yoU ou ald Paki it woi wn the th In a ii L defiant shout Tut lut tilt tut tt wild KAlil the lie teacher Vou 1111 Oil hove 1 no right to 1111 ny ho mount meant jou Jimmy If It he ho dill did not 1110 1180 your name Now XO It If he hc wore were to 10 look bok lit III me Inc and a say fillY that thai stole his knIfe t r would not suppose that he lie m to ton n tIse 80 1111 Ill m ot Of st en I I og his k ii I ft Well but hut on OhI dont dOllt sti staI a I was the tho Inc hinting reply rell Then he gave pavo up IIII the knife |
