The Columbian fountain., 1846-06-10
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her husbands arm her own drawn thro'
4 his, and her hands clasped ,oge,hrr-look-,
4 ing mp into bis face With tender and con-
6ding regard. ~ could no, help noticing
her manner, and the expression 81 her couu-
4 ,enance.. And yer il seemed to me that
Psomething ofro6eern was on her Zee, but
Fsh indislinct as 10 be scarcely visible =.
| Of this was \ . is6rd when she said,
1 81 don't think there is much use in
drinking Liquor, do you, MI, Malcom X
"sl cannotisee that there is,' ] replied,
Of course. 81 aa l4W alt. s n .,s a5nssflo
| "'Nor can J. Of one thing / think am
certain, and that is, that James would Be-
1just as comfortable and happy without II as
with it, a%iG'
"sYtcu don't know what you are talking
about, Sally her husband replied ggsod Ihu-
moredly, for he was Y.a,man sol5 excellent
temper, and . little given to, testing, sBn.I
Esuppcse you thonghtiit good ior yon.la
Christmas, when you 60. sboozy on egg
fnog' sn9aa ani.i hlVeY lrA i3 ssittG hsws II
i'ss 0 James, how can you talk SO - his
wife exclaimed, her face reddeaing. You
know that you served me q shameful trick
Them 'H 5''' II 't.. "}.e' 's ii" S
n M What do you think he did, Mr., NAL
[coml' she. added, turning 10 me, while her ].
husband laughed heartily at, what she sad.
! He begged me to let him make me little
wine .gs-nog, seeing that lwould'nt tDuch
shas which had brandy init, because liquor !.
|always'fiss' 70 my head. ITO please him,
~ consented, though | didn't wanti ii. And 4
then, The rogue G. "a me asglass as strong
again with bras, as that which ! had re-
fused to take. ] thought while was drink
ing it, that it did inut taste like wine, and
tiold him 50. j But he declared that il was,
wine, and that il was So sweet that could
notclsarly perceive its favor. OF course J
Ibadsto 60 10 bed ,lsnd did'ntgst fairly over Z
iii for two or three days. Now, wasn't that
100 bad, MI Malcom,!ii = Isgea 81 VI hr
/, ssIndeed itswss, Mrs. Brady Isaid in
nenfv: 'ef .fYe5 sll 7p,a s1@ fi& st
d as1tl Va. ~ capital joke, though, wasn't
ta'rsjoiqsdl lll.s her husband nis laughing inno-
|derafesy.ava! alI al .to9 is sa4,iGa4eq hae 81
s. I'll tell iyop a good way TO- retort on
him i saidajsstipg]y, .Sa-mbaao.o. .,d y.J
=. .tHowl is, that, Mr.. Malcom.' ~ ,aug s.
sssPall the tap oat 1of his whiskey, bar
frel. s".t7iaa le1o,n !'e - a3!ne'q ~ l3
Z az would, If dared' l''aa A ''
".Sbed better not try that, / can te II
her '''l MI, u +'~s@ N, .,.at,'l '.' L@ 4
aatsWha. would you do, if ! did 4" she
askslroA 4yaw,a AHd ~ l~qaq ert ste,E.r.'
aBay two more in its place, and make
you drink one of. them.''o 1, ~ Ao.aa .at.a
60. dear! j must beg to- be excused
f'om that, But, inderd, James, 7 wish you
would letitrua. I'm rsally ashamed 70
Ehave it said, ,l,hat my husband keeps a bar
rel whiskey in the house.D a, rapia.
+ "Nonsen.e ., asaAyt 700 don't know
what you are taking about" aals' oa'i e
/ seWeil, perhaps j don't,"' the wife said,
and remained silent, for there was half
concealed rtbuke in her hui binds lone u
voice. Isl, ,,..l4 .t.,.v.,.,.t...
l.! saw that could say no more about
the whiskey-barrel, and SO ] dropped The
subject; and, in short time, after having
finished my business, with Mr.. Brady,
went away..e4 e.li II .ol l,tl4et.l., .saf,.I
sWell, how comes on the whiskey-bar-
relsplI said to him, abouta month afttr,
as we MET on ihe road. d, a4Qra3 i...i..
Z" "Fitst-rate,' was his reply. eIt con-
tainsa prime article Of good old ryp,'I
can tell you. The best have ever tasted.
Come, won't you 60 home with me and
try some :"
"No, believe not" ---.----
Do pow-come along" and he took
me lby tthe. button, and pulled me gently
."Ypq, don,t, know how fine il 10 J am
sure there,is pohanother barrel like II IN
theetd ."etnnm sf io ~ u'tH
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