The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-31
4 DARK :MYsTEEY.
EY MARX TWAIN.

drunk .; the time-jus; comfortably
and socially drunk They kept this mp
until nv curiosity was OF the rack to
hear the story. GOT 10 haunting Blaine
but il was no use. he was often mod
eratejy, but never satisfactorily drunk.
iInever watched mans condition with
such absorbing interest, such anxious
soiicitude; J never pinned so TO see g
man uncompromisingly drunk before.
} At las. one evening hurried 10 his
cabin, Tor learned that this time MS
situation was such that even the most
fasiidious could find no FAULT with H.
&c was tranquility, serenely, symmetri-
caliv druuk-not 6 hiccup TO mar his
voice, not cloud upon MS brain thick
enough 10 obscure ms memory. AS !
entered ne was sitting upon an empty
, powder key, with : clay pipe IL one
hand and the other raised 10 command
s;lsgce. His lace was round, red and
very serious, his throat was bare and
MS mar tumbied, IL general appearance
and costume he Tas staiwart miner
o. the period. On the pine table stood
s candle. and liz dim light revealed the
bows sitting mere anG there Oh hunks,
candle boxes, powder kegs, etc. They
sa.d
Ssh Don't speak; hes going 10 COM
mence ! found q seat 1t once, AID
jim .scau.
Il uoI'i reckon .Aem LINES wiz ever
come again. There never Wa 6 more
Uulile- ram lnar what he was. G-anu-
ta,ae~ fetched him .ron Illinois got
/ hin. o. 2 man named Eate=-Bill Yates
may be Won might have heard
o. him ms father wa & deacon-Eap'
tl,st-anl he was rus.ier, too & MAI
( mad 10 get NJ rather early 10 get the
,e.a-, O. old Thankful Yates 1t was
Mn. t.., pU. the Greens W 10 jlnlng
teams with my grandfather when he
moved WeE. Seth Green was propa-
| t!v the pick Of the flock. He married
WiIkersor-oarah Wiikerson-good
c-p,U- sue wae-one Of Inc Hkei.est
uei.ere tIat ever was raised IL oIo Stoo.
ggrG. everybody said that that knowed
nr- She could neit & par o. flour as
. easv a. ! can f!-t tlaTack. And
zp,E Don't mention II Independent:
Uumpu When SIZE Hawkins came G
! browsing around he-, she lei him know
tngy for al li- tn ne coU.dn Toi IN
harness alongside OF her You set, Sic
Eiaw,rrs-rC, Il warn Size Hawkins,
after al il was gsioot by the name
0. Flk!nE-l GisIemembeT ms nrsi
,ngme-uU. he was trumr-come 10
ma meeting drunk one night, hOora-
ipr .o- Nixon necuZ ne thought II was
4 n-ir,a-v: ans old Deacon Ferguson
.ur and -clUleu MIN through the VIII
dow. an ~ Il, on Ole Mss jefferson :
uega-uoay Old ullv. Sac was good
scu,-ngi 2 glas- eve, ana used 10 lend
If r. Miss Wagner. that hadu't any. 10
receive company Ia. i warnt big
egor~l and when Miss Wagner, warn |
noticing. i; woul5 gsi twisted around IL
,ue socket. and iooE up, maybe, or out
10 one SIDE and every which way, While
to.ue- was looking a. straight ahead as
3 sav glas-. Grown people dldL mind
4. hut !, mos. aiwEvs made the children
CIV. Il IVES 50 SOFT Of scary. SAe iriec
pacElrc j. IN rav cotton, uu, L woudut
work somehow: the cotton would &c;
looze and stick out, and look so awtui
thai the children cOu.un stand Il no
vav. She was always dropping il oui,
aud turning ~ hey cid deaG !Isni
d. tie COMPANY empty, and making
tppu. uncomfortable bsCuZ she never
. c7u.t tel when Il poppec on, being
blind OF tina; slGe, you see. SO, some
BODY would have 10 huuGh her, and say
'Tou- rame eve he2 ietChe loose, Miss
. Wagner, dea-, anu then al OF them
would nave 10 sit and wal; III. she jam
med Il ~ arsin-wrnng eide before Sc
9 General thing auG a. & bird r ere,
h.Irr Z aashtul cretur and easy sol;
back before COMPANY. But being ths
vrorr side before TGrn't much Differ
. ence any wsy. becuz heT own eye wa
sI-v blue. AID the glass one Wa yAileT
or the front size, so whichever s!ue che
turned l.. !; dida.; match notoW. O.d
NTI-s Warre- was considerable on the
oo-r7W. eue was When she had
.oUi.tTrr party or { Dorcas society al
hey house, she generally borrowed NJ e
Higgins wooden leg TO stump aroHnG
o. Z. T.s considerably shorter th2n
/ ue- other pin, hut uu"h she minded that
/ She said she couldn't abide crutches
winch sne Iad company, oSGuz they
were 20 slow. When she hao COM
p.pv, auG thiurs hsd TO be done, she
wanted TO re; ny and hump herself.
| She was a. bald Sc 6 judge, and go she
usG 10 borrow Miss jacobs wIg-Alss
Jacob was the coffin pedlers Wlie-&
rsttv olj huzZarG ne was, that used 10
/ 20 roofing around where people was
/ SICK waiting Tor them, and there that
Old rip would sit all day il The shade,
Oh e coffin thai he judged would IL the
/ candidate and il II was SLOW cas'e-
me- and kind OF uncertain, ned tetch L
ration and blanket, and sleep IN the
coffin nights.
/ He was anchored out ina; WAY II
trostv weather tor about three weeks
once, before old Robbins place, waiting
tor him aud after that, for as much as
TWO years, jacobs was not on speaking
terms with the old man, on account o.
his disappointing him. He got one OF
! ms ieet froza, and lost money, too, be-
cuz old Robbins took favorable turn
and 90; well. The mex. time Robbins
cot sick. Jacobs tried TO make up with
him and vanished NJ the same Old
coffin end fetched it along with MIN !;
hut old Robbins WIS too many Tor him