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Show THE MORNING AFTER WHY NATHAN BEESWAX JOINED TEMPERANCE RANKS. Orjphie Description of Sensations Experienced Ex-perienced Alter a Night "With the Boys" When Ice Water Tatted Like Ambrosls and Nectar. "Follow citizens. I in al k," aalil NUian Beeswax to a circle of ad-rnlrers. ad-rnlrers. "There wan ton much refreshment refresh-ment circulating IhuI evening, t began be-gan with beer, ah in ml ti old Pepper, Anally worked my may round to Mumm'a extra dry anil (lion went off to trance. When 1 woke up thla morning I thought I im Bomelaely else. I caught a glimpse of my reflection re-flection In a mirror and my face frightened me an I screamed. You can't Imagine bow I felt, because I broke the rerord of mlairy. No man ror did feel like I did and live. I reached for the Ice pitcher and took a gulp. For a inlnutn I thought I waa lo heaven. Tiiat water lasted like ambrosia and nectar. Thirsty? Don't aak ma trivial questions. The temper-tnro temper-tnro In my aatem waa ao high that my breath et my mustocho on Bre. It wna completely destroyed. No Insurance. In-surance. 1 made four offortn to g.-t oat of bed beforo I realized tho fniu-ous fniu-ous futility of essnyltiR the Impossible I moaned In my agony, I waa hot ono mlnuto and cold tho next, while a rlnnitny and rontlimoiia perspiration added Interest nnd enjoyment lo tho proeeedlnca. Kvcry llttlo whllo strange rtRora would ael.n mo and when I flnnlly dropped Into a fltnil alumber I dreamed that an allli ator waa lying boaldo mo and fanning mti with hla long rod toiiRiio. Nightmare? No. air; tills waa an alligator. Holler? Why, I'll bot four dollara thoy henrd mo yelling on Kdlsto Inland. Now hearken to me: Nathan Ilcoswax, as a booxo comedian, la no more, 'e Jolnod tho Aiiolllnurla brigade, e yo on?" "How did you happen to accumulate such a rlotouH Jug, Mr. UooawaxT" aakod one of his auilltora. "Woll. tho material waa available my boy, and the time somehow seemed to be opportune. I had been unhappy for soveral wecka nnd I yearned for tue company of a few frolicking sen-aatlona. sen-aatlona. I wanted to feel clad, aa It wore, and forgot uhout a bet I made on a borao la.,t week that stopped In . the stretch anil ar.ked for water. I opened the performance with beer, hut I soon camu to tho conclusion that If I wanted to experience that Joy which passcth all understanding I would bare to switch. So I chased a whisper across the bar and a bottle -of crimson fluid connected with my ,ood right band. Kro long t was too -merry for anything. My money alao - Ibeamo to annoy me. I couldn't spend It faat enough and wben I met a -stranger from Mount Pleasant I asked him If he would allow me to give him 110. He said he would oblige me with pleasure, but he'd like me bettor It I'd make It M. The suggestion pleased me ao that 1 wopt from ahecr joy and handed him the $'.'0. 1 waa now at the champagne atage of the .game and the raplda were Just below ;me. I vaguely remember mooting a (longshoreman and asking him who his favorite poet wna, but I can't recall rwbat be said. Shortly afterward the automatic piano begun to play 'The Holy City' and when the Instrument readied that 'Jo-ru-sa-lom' nolo my stoul slipped out of Its soeknt and I paasod away. Hut thla morning don't worry, 1 won't go over It again, llero-alter llero-alter address your letters to mo In care of the Total Abstainers' society. Are you on? Then break away! Charleston News and Courier. |