| Show lie he was Disco discoverer Siscoe verea rei audion sandi oa has i a ever bean bf n classed as it a temperance town g sessions session of the legislature it il ia i run on tile the wide wida open principle an I 1 at all times wen luen win who wi wih wib b to ti indulge in intoxicants find no difficulty in procuring curing whit what they d sire in the daye day when judge dixon made his home at al the capital nearly very every F one drank eid bud it was not I 1 anu unu buat for file men in high station sti tion to violate to in some degroo H the laws of sobriety judg dixon was no execution to 11 the e rule ile eie drank in moderation bing direful ci reful however tu to kep jia head bead clear on boft occasions ho fie foual the habit gro growing ing upon him bilm however and le ie diverl dpn ita abandonment a and tid for a long time t seemed long to him though but a few weeks ahe he wati wan missed from his old blunts but one night nigh in winter he dt dropped aped into the st sl Ni niculas hulas ea casually arlly and was cordially greeted tey by a company of his floud TL tle iise e result may be imagined OH balci were to be re tol dold 3 called back and there werm wem frequent libations libation lib stion at the altar of good god the rf rt fult was 0 that hat the judge brayed late and arr aft n he started for home his blood was cours ina through ilia bas veins with more ihan ban its accustomed ile he was not intoxicated but bat felt fell in jolly mood As tie hs wended bended his bis way ray it homeward 0 he be his condition candi tion and thongla tight of the pai pain n lie he would give five his estimable wife itsie discovered dist his lap e fidai the ire life lie he had so eo recently begun to save gave her he be resolved upon a little deception by the way to which he was not accustomed fartut e L edmed in favor him lie ile had ile difficulty y in finding r the keyhole heyhoe ae and retching reaching his chamber noiselessly he de was rejoiced to find his wife apparently asleep ile he undressed with care disposing of eath article of apparel methodically as was his wont when his head at last rested upon the lylie lybe pillow allow leaved heaved a sigh of relief he felt that he was at last safe from dette detection tion his self felicitation was of choit duration lio wever Lutt luther ker c came a m e a low e vol voice a e from his side yee so my dear he re responded somewhat startled what is it have you not been drinking tonight to t the judge could but would not tell a lie and in this respect lie he differed from the immortal 0 washington Vas hington 1 so he replied just a little my dear a glass or two with w ith old friends 1 I had not met for a long time you are perfectly sober are you not luther came again in the same quiet nuiet voice never more tober iri in my life declared the judge gaining confidence of course said his wife you must be sober you put your boots in the proper place hung your coat and vest on their customary peg peas 0 and carefully folded your trout e rs and laid them aside certainly said the judge with an air of triumph that prove I 1 am sober perhaps so eo my mv der r the sweet voice replied with pro boking deliberation but does a perfectly sober man go to bed with his fur far hat on the judge was fairly caught and anal could do naught but follow the example of 1 topsy and fully frilly less fess his dereliction the story is a truthful one for the judge who appreciated a joke even though it mi might abt bo be at his own expense related the incident bi himself mIf chicago times herald |
