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Show 1 p1 Light K Freights Hp " I W. W. JACOBS I H TO HAVE AND B I TO HOLD I flS!),! o P7tlght, lkMlJ, Xm1 Ctiulnj.j BBS Tlio old man st outride tho Cnull- BTEI flowor Inn, looking crossly up tlio HI roail. Ho Vvas fond of conversation, KBl' but tlio pedestrian who had Rtopd to HJk) drink a mug of nlo boneath tlio ahade Htf'' of tlio doors was not happy 'n n'9 HHr! :holee of subjects. HBJf Con vernation languished; tho travel- BJKf cr rnppod on tho table nnd had hla BGm mug refilled. Ho nodded courteously Ban lib t0 nm ciunpnnlon nnd drunk. BHk;-- "Vou'ro another Job Drown." sold Bodf tho old man, Irritably, "that's wot you IKL are; another Job Drown, I'vo coon H your kind nforc." BflHf Ho shifted farther along tho seat, HUM and, taking up his loiy; clay pipe from tho tahlo, struck n match and smoked BiSsc tho fow whiffs which remained. HH "Wot I said Just now about you bo- HHf lug liko Job Drown wns only In Joke HKnl like," ho said, anxiously, as ho tasted HKfc the brow, "If Job 'ad been llko you HHf ho'd ha' been a better man." HS . Tho philanthropist bowed. BBt x "Ho was one. o' tho 'ardest drinkers BBt In theso parts," began tlio old man, HBf slowly, filling his plpo. Hj Tho traveler thanked him. Hu "Sometimes 'o used to get pitiful HHJj over It, nnd sit shaking 'U 'ead at 'cm HHH' for drowning tholreolvcs In boor, as he HHt . called It, when they ought to bo filv- BBS' Ing tho money to tholr wives nnd HHT families. Ho sat down nnd cried ono HH)' night over Dill Chambers' wife's toes HBr being out of 'cr boots. Dill sat struck HHU, all of a 'cap, and It might 'nvu passed BBJf! oft, only Hcnery White spoko up for HHU,t 'I in, and said thnt ho scarcely ever 'ad HHJl" a pint but wot Bomcbody ols paid HHf for It. There wns unpleasantness nil HHf round then, and In tho row somebody HBy. knocked one o' Hcnory'a teolh out. HHT "And thnt wasn't tho only unpleas- HK antnosR, nnd at last eomo of tho chaps HHT put theli' 'ends together and agreed HHT, among thelrsolvos to try and holp HJ ' Job Drown to glvo up tho drink. They HHT,. kop' It secret from Job, but tho next HHV tlmo 'o camo In and ordered n pint Joo HHT ' dubbins 'avlng won tho toss drank Hk It by mistake, and went straight oft HB 'oiiw as 'aril as 'o could, smacking 'Is B' "Ho 'ad tho best of It, the other HHf chaps 'avlng to 'old Job down In 'Is HHT chair, and trying their 'ardest to ox- HHBi plain that Joo dubbins was only doing HHV him a kindness, "Ho kept a very tight 'old 'o tho HHr next pint, nnd ns 'a set down at the HHT v . table ha looked round nasty llko and HHT, 1 asked 'em whether thcro waa any HHT more as would llko to do 'lm a kind- HHf ne, and Henery Whlto said there HHV' was, and he went straight oft 'omo nr- HHT tor fuat dropping a handful o' sawdust HHv Into Job's mug. B "I'm an old man, an'' I'vo soon a HHT; good many rows tn my time, but I'vo HHT: never' seen anything llko tho ono thnt HH 'appened then. It was no good talk- HS Ing to Job, not u bit, ho bolag that BBflt;. There Was Unpleasantness All 'Round HH HHV unreasonable that oven whou 'Is own BB words wan repented to 'lm ho would- HHTJt n't listen. He behaved llko a madman, IIB' . an' thn .langwlilse-lp.jaaeA.JVf'i' that. Hftt """" t'Mrtul and that wicked that Smith HH tho If ml lord aald 'o wouldn't 'avo It BBr In 'Is ouso. HF'' 1 "ArVr that you'd ha' thought that HB Job FJrewn would 'avo left off 'is talk HHM abou. being teetotaler, but ho didn't. Hr "It WAS through that at last 'ochmo HHT (o offer flvo pounds reward to any- HHT c body ns could 'elp 'lm to become a HHT leetotalor. Ho went off 'omo ono B r night as usual, and orter stopping u BBfi tew seconds In tho parlor to pull Ills- HH- s'lf together, crept quietly upstair HA for fear of waking 'la wife. Ho saw HH ' by tho crack under the door that ahe'tl HHtt Ift a candle burning, so ho pulled HK$' hijtgolf together agin and then turned HHi: tbvj 'andla and went In and began to HHL. try an' tnko off 'Is coat. Bm''. ' "Ho 'oppencd to give a 'alf-look to- HHTJ wards the bed as 'o did so, nnd then HBjKVt, 'o started back nnd rubned 'is oyes HH' a!id told 'imsolt ho'd be bettor tn a HB7' minute. Thou 'o looked agin, for 'la HHV wlfo was nowboro to be seen, and In D, the bod nil fast and sound asleep and HHTk Hiiarlng their 'ardest waa little Dick HJl Weed, tho tailor nnd Mr a. Wood and Hft ' tlio lutuy. XHK2' "'flat up,' Acs Job, 'nrdly nblo to HsHf snck. Jl'm surprised ut you. dot HFl up out o' my bed dlreckly.' ft ' 'Your ld?' screams littlo Dick; H 'you're the worse lor llckor, Job Drown. Can't you see you've como Into In-to tho wrong housoT' "'Eh?' ses Job, staring. 'Wrong oiise? Well, whore's mine, then?' "'Next door but ono, samo as It always was,' ses Dick. 'Will you go?' "Job began to go downstairs, saying say-ing 'goo'-nlght" as 'e went, and ho'd got pretty near to the bottom when lie suddenly wondered wot 'o was going go-ing downstairs for Instead of up, nnd larflng gently at 'Is foolishness for making slch a mlstnko 'o went upstairs up-stairs agin. His surprise when 'o see Dick Weed and Sirs. Weed and tho baby all in 'Is bed pretty near took 'Is breath nwny. "'Wot aro you doing In my bed?' ho BCS. "It's our bed,' ses Dick, trembling all over with rage. 'I'vo told you aforo you'vo come Into tho wrong 'ouso.' "'Wrong 'ouse,' ses Job, staring round tho room. 'I b'lcevo you're "Mind Your Own Dutlnen," Ses John Drown. right. Ooo'-nlght, Dick; goo'-nlght, Mrs. Weed; goo'-nlght, baby.' "They 'ad tho neighbors in then, nnd tho troublo thoy 'ad to get Job downstairs wouldn't bo b'ellovcd. Mrs. Pottle went for 'Is wife at last, and then Job went 'omo with 'cr llko a lamb, asking 'cr whero sho'd been all tho evening, nnd saying 'o'd bcon looking look-ing for 'or ovorywhore. "There was such n to-do about It in tho vlllago next morning that Job Drown was fairly scared. "Ho wasn't llko hlssolf that night up at tho Cauliflower. 'K sat up In tho corner and wouldn't tako notice of anybody, nnd it wns easy to soo as ho was thoroughly ashamed of hlssolf. hls-solf. "'Chcor up, Job,' says Dili Chambers, Cham-bers, at last; 'you nln't tho fust man as has mado a fool of hlsself.' " 'Mind your own business,' sea Job Drawn, 'and I'll mind mine.' "'Why don't you leavo 'lm alono, Dill?' ses Honory Whites 'you can see tho mnn ts worried hocauso tho baby can't tnlk.' '"Oh." ses nitt. 'I thought 'o was worried becauso 'Is wife could.' '"I'm going to glvo It up, Smith,' ho ses, 'and I'll glvo flvo pounds to anybody ns'll prevent mo tasting intoxicating in-toxicating llckcr for a month.' "Dill Chnmbcrs wasn't satisfied thon. Ho pointed out thnt earning tho flvo pounds, nnd thon gottlng It out o' Job Drown afterwords, was two such entirely en-tirely different things that there waa no ltkoncss botweon 'em at all. Then Job Drown got so mail 'o didn't know wot 'o wob doing, nnd 'o 'anded over flvo pounds to Smith the landlord and wroto on tho papor that ho was to glvo It to anybody who should earn It, without consulting 'lm nt all. Kvon Dill couldn't think of anything to say ngln that, but ho made n point of biting bit-ing nil tho sovereigns. "Thero was qulto a excltomunt for a fow dnys. Honory Whlto 'o got n 'endacha with thinking, nnd Joo dubbins, dub-bins, 'o got n 'oadacho for drinking Job Drown's beer agin. Thero was all sorta o' wild ways mentioned to cam that flvo pounds, but they didn't count to anything. "After a week hnd gono by Job Drown began to got restless llko, nnd onco or twlco 'o said In Smith's hearing hear-ing 'ow useful flvo pounds would be. "Ho usod to ask Smith for It ovory night, nnd Smith used to glvo 'lm tho samo answer, until at last Job Drown said ho'd go an' boo a lawyer about It. That frightened Smith a bit, and I b'llevo he'd hn' 'anded It over, but two days artorwards Job waa going tmstalra so careful that ho fell down to tho bottom and broko 'Is log. "It was broken In two plnccs, nnd tho doctor said It would bo a long job, owing to 'Is drinking habits, nnd 'o gave Mm. Drown strict orders that Job wasn't to ave a, drop of anything, oven t 'o nuked for it. --Tin ii-Trt.-- ij: u' lullC-gnoTiTTTup at tho CMiUC-riccr 'ow, nnd Honory Whlto, artpr a bad 'eadacho, thought of a fit" hy which 'o and Dill Chambers Cham-bers could nvu .'. flvo founds ntween 'em. Tho Idea was that Dill Chambers was. to go with Honory to sco Job, and Jake 'lm a bottlo of beer, and Jlst as Job was going to drink it Henery should knock it out of 'is 'amis, nt tho earno tlmo tolling Dili Chambers 'o ought )c bo ashamed o' hlseelt. "It was a good Idea, and, ns Honory Whlto said, If Mrs. Drown was In the room bo much tho bettor, as sho'd bo a wituoes. Ho made Dill swear to keep It seoret fqr foar of other chaps doing it artorwards, and then they bought a bottlo o' beer and sot oft up tho road to Job's. The annoying part of It was, arter all their trouble and Henery White's 'endaolie, Mrs. Brown wouldn't let 'om in. They bogged, and prayed of 'er to let 'om go up and Just 'nve a peep nt 'lm, but alio wouldn't would-n't She said sbo'd go upstairs nnd peep for 'em, and alio camo down agin and enld that 'o was a little bit flushed but sleeping like a lamb. "Job promised that 'o would give liquor up: but the fust day 'o folt able to crawl on 'Is crutches ho made up. 'is mind to go up to tho Cauliflower and see whether gin and beer tasted as i good as It usod to, Tho only thing was 'Is wlfo might stop 'lm. "'You're dono up with nursing me, old gal,' he ses to 'Is wife. "'I am a bit tired,' ses she. "'You go, my dear,' ses Job. 'I shall bo qulto 'app.v sitting at the gato In tho sun with a glass o' milk an' a pipe.' "Ho persuaded 'cr nt last, and, In a fit o' generosity, gnvo 'er three shillings shil-lings to go shopping with, and as soon ns shn was out o' sight ho went oft with a crutch and a stick, smiling all over 'Is face. Ho met Dick Weed In the road and they shook 'ands qulto frlenily, and lob asked 'lm to 'avo a drink. Then Henery Whlto and somo moro chaps came along, and by tho tlmo they got to tho Cauliflower they waB as merry n party as you'd wish to sec. "Every man 'ad n pint o' beer, which Job paid for, not forgetting Smith 'Issolf. nnd Job closed 'is oyes with pleasure as 'o took his. "'And ill troublo you for thnt five pounds, Smith,' 'o sos, smiling. 'I've been without nnythlng stronger than milk for seven weoks. I novdr thought when I wrote that paper I was going to earn my own monoy.' "'Has your wife gono shopping to-dny?' to-dny?' ses Smith, looking nt 'lm vory solemn. "Job Drown put 'is mug down on tho table and turned palo ns ashes. Then 'o got up and limped onir to the bar. "'Wot d'yor mean?' ho ses, choking. "'She said nho thought o' doing so.' ses Smith, wiping a glass; 'sho came In yesterday and asked for that flvo pounds Bho'd won. Tho doctor camo in with 'or and said sho'd kept you from llckor for seven weoks, let alono a month; ho, according to tho paper, I 'ad to glvo It to 'cr, I 'opo I done right, Job?' "Job didn't answer 'lm a word, good or bad. Ho Just turned 'Is back on him, and, picking up 'Is crutch nnd 'Is stick, hobbled oft, 'omo. lienor)' lien-or)' Whlto tried to mako 'lm stop and 'avo another pint, but ho wouldn't. Ho said ho didn't want 'Is wife to And 'lm out when bIio returned." |