Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-04-06

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bruiser Nas sadly cut one msruip~-.n
= eiDsus cut Of work, cut Of ea.h. and ZEN
sfserts" He vas very lrv. ana ~, - ~,
. buy single glass II greg Hs v.sv.s,
a.a nervous. in consequence az az ~,
nights debSueA his hands tremhls5 ~
step vas feeble. his Mad irres.lute IS. 49, -
en entirely ienPty. AID yet, after Il, er;. .
himself At late heur Of she nersiar froE
nis miserable csuch, BE orawled farth 80
sns streets. determined in sane v,y :, an.
70 get dr2nk. He first seuvbE IL, IA
Aasnts and tried, where he had aIr..sx .r 80
AZ MS msoeg,t to gettrasted fer .lius. enc
slln. Dat his creditWas good fer netting.
sna ne Vas uneerenoaiously tsrnsd away
..sA cne dram shop efteF another. as dry Is
dsss ! f sSiiS nyEE .s ssa U il lss
no he vas msstwelcsne. 50 loRg as be could
bring even three rcd eoppers at time
But with Braiser all these palmy days we're
past He was clear down at the foot Of the
hill And ybt on this msrnisg he felt that
he must have : driHk7 He should die If he
did not Aud the fact was Bruiser had
bseHlA man Of seine wit in his day He had
been capable of taking care of himself He
had been ready at sAexpedient 10 meet .
necessity; alsha' there was NOT much left Of
him SOW but bloated bsstiahty. Bat still
drink he must nav have. So. after meeting
with Is many rebuffs amsng his old friends
aBd bosom companions as he thought he
could bear on frosty msrning he sailed
forth into the street After SURFING . cor
nsr, and getting little out of sight, be stop
pad short, leaned GgaiHst the fence. and be-
gan more resolutely to consider what could
be done A thought struck him he started
fer the house Of COED, hind woman who
Was never knswn to turn the needy awag
empty from her door. On the way he drew
the reansats Of an ED baadsna from his
pscket, which was too far gene toihave beeA
pawaed fer three cent glass, o. else he
would aot have had it, aud tied it With as
much care as he could around his face and
head, as though suffering frsn dreadful
to1thaehe
Having arrived at the kitchen door, he
knocked aud was admitted The good old
lady was called. and be began his SET Grafton.
In his best days be had excslIed in happy
address. aud be rev .ried to rally all his re-
naming strength. PRAY, madam. could
you give me anything to cure the tosthsehel
| have it 50 herribly that have net slept
wink all night and this morning an alnlest
crazy" And he pressed his hand heavily
uPsA his head as he speke, naking i'll man
ner Of centortiens with that part Of his
bleated visags which peered above the ban
dana The geod woman was quite Affected
BY bis suiferings
"Well," said she, what 10 you want ?
what will relieve youl7
He thought if he couldsput = little raw
rum in his msatA, it would be NEST likely Of
any thing 10 step tie paia. The rum bottle,
cea.aining = little which was kept for nledi
peet ANY trick, or 80 observe that he was 81
ready soaked in rus.
The process Of holding the soothing liquid
In his mouth was commenced The pain
was all in large back tsoth. Ia order per-
fectly to dro,ca that molar paia and all, it
was necessary to take large nouthful Of
she ru,a aud thea throw the head little
back to the exact place But, TRANCE to
say. the first hauthful OF rum slmsst in.me-
diately slipped down bis throat. He ex-
pressed considerable. regret, but felt the alb
s,lute necessity Of trying another And
vet that sees shared the same fave And 50
snother. aaa another. satil he declared he
acoutd'try an hundred tinses tat thai he roatd
succeed IL holding some i'll has mouth! But
as We could net delay any. We left him in
these tySing circumstances