The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1860-06-09
The Last Drink.

Dan Jones has wife, an amabe, accom-
pllshed and beautiful lady, who loved him de-
votedly, but she finds too many bricks in his hat
One night he came home tight: and was not
very much astonished, but rather frightened to
lind his worthy lady sitting up for him. She
! always does. She smiled when he came in
That also she always does. You stayed out
so ate;' she said, that feared you had been
taken sick
Hic-aint sick, wife; b-hut don't you think
I'm little t-tght?'
"A very little, perhaps, my dear, but that is
nothing-you have so many friends, as you say
you must join them in a glass once in a while.
Wife, you're too good-the truth is | am
d-drunk'
'Oh, no indeed, my dear-Im sure that even
another glass wouldn't hurt you. Now suppose
you take glass of Scotch ale with me, Just as
nightcap, my dear q
You are too kind, my dear, by half, I know
I'm ddrunk.'
Oh, no, only a julep too much love, that's
all We'll, take glass of ale at any rate; it
cannot hurt you, dear; want one myself before
l retire.
The lady hastened to open bottle, and as
she placed two tumblers before her on the side
board, she put in one very powerful emetic-
Filling the glass with the foaming ale, she
handed that one with most bewitchng smile
to her husband. Suspicion came cloudily upon
his mind. She had never before been so kind
to him when he was drunk. He looked at the
glass, raised it to his lips-then hesitated
Dear, won't you just taste mine, to make it
sweeter |? said he
Certainly, love- replied the lady, taking a
mouthful, which she was very careful not to
swallow. Suspicion vanished, and SO did the
ale, emetic, and all. down the throat of the sat-
isfed husband. After splitting out the taste.
the lady finished her glass, but seemed in no
hurry to retire. She fixed a foot tub of water
before an easy chair, for which the husband
was curious to know the reason few min
utes later, the gulp and splurge from the throat
of the husband gave the answer. The brick
was gone when he rose from the easy chair, and
he never since carried one home to his wife.
1NoRDINATE CURIos1TY.-A young man of For
est City, who came wounded from the battle to
Virginia City-we think his name is Gatehouse
says that having been shot in the knee, he
rode several miles from the battle ground and
becoming faint with pain and thirst, dismounted
to drink. His leg becoming stiff, and unable to
regain his saddle, he crawled up the hill, hardly
expecting to survive till morning. just then he
heard some one whistling along the trail above
and called to him. The whistler answered
what the HI are you dom on down there ~
Discovering the wounded man, and hearing his
story, the joyial one said, " Well, ole fellow, Pm
with you," and helped him home, which was
reached in two days. 1t appears that the man
had heard of the battle, and had gone down in
sight of the ground, where, he says, he counted
eight dead white men. He adds that Indians
came close to him, but he squatted in the brush
and hid After dark he started home, and ac-
cidentally fell in with the wounded man. He
said he +" wanted to see how things looked :" and
SO, out of mere curiosity went down alone, close
to the Indian camp and actually among the
elated sayages.-Sierra Citizen.