, 1874-07-26

ana wont for An express-Nagon, giving orders
to the man to take it down town. John
then ate his supper peacefully, Is was
hls WON'T and smoked his after-dinner
plpe, chatting to his Iandlaiy With his accus-
toned calm When the smoke was finished, ho
wondered whether he would refill his pipe or go
and see how that trunk WAS getting along. It
was Saturday evening. sud: as clean shirt was
necessity next morning, be decided in favor of
the trunk smiled at the landlady, waved an au
reuotr, and departed.
LATE THAT EVENING
the confding laudiady sat on the stoop awaiting
tho return Of her boarder and his trunk. Late
the NEXT evening abe did the same,
Neither boardcr nor baggage returned,
and the three weeks back board bill we're written
of on her books Us ~ bar and doubtful Debts"
and il that boarding house saw aught on the
table bit picked 6sh and soup beef for = month
it must have been smugeled into the boarders'
rooms surrepttiously. and all unknown to tho
sorrowing land1ady. Thus John Allen departed,
and il there we're those who louged for his re-
turn. there were also those Who did not-
The departure happened about seven months
ago. and hopea we're beginning to be entertain
cd that tue young man with the sinister sp-
pelatlon had met with an untsmety end, and
had gone with his shabby trunk to mora lurid
sphere8.
which happened few days ago, however, has
ONE OF all that Ii evil has reappeared in Chi
cago. 1t occurred on the West Site, locality
which is noted for the extrem, gutlibility OF the
female portion OF the popu1ace, who lend i will
ing ear to the Wiies Of peripatetic sewing
machine men, liShtnlns-rod wonders, sellers-on-
time of chromos, engrav1ngs, paper-racks, and
the thousand other uBeleBs articles which the
peddlsr always manages to sell at IN advance Of
100 per cent on the downtown price.
IT WAS NEAR RoBEY STREET
Af.k "a la %tN. Atz+-
ton, other than the wickedest man, were two
sisters, married, living in tho same house, alest
with husband apiece, fair proportion OF
olive blossoms, and serenity of mind which Was
but seldom marred with domestic unpleasant
ness which, when it did arise, was not caused
by any tendency to cruBading on the part Of
their husbands. as these two matrons were
one afternoon lately enjoy1n. quiet chat upon
the difficulty OF getting suitable sorvAnts the
spectge beauties Of their babiee the vckcdnesso Of
the Mayor in not suppresslng wnter-girl saloons
and those who run thom, the inevitable certainty
with which monthly payments will becomo due,
the amiabo character Of their husbands weak
nesses, and one or two other equally Interesting
topics, man gllded unbidden into tbez presence,
hnl-Uikh
REASgURISD EMILE,
which put At end all determination to scream,
aud scream for poIce,-wh,ch would have been
needless, for who ever policeman in the
vicinity Of Robey and Van Buren, streets ?-pre-
Bented his card, which read ~ Mr. John AlleYn."
He apologizea for his Intrusion, md seconded his
Executive Committee Of the Chicago Ladies'
Anti-1 lpplng, iro-Tempersnce Crusading Az
sociatlon, II the card was assuring, the recon-
mendation set all doubts at rest, and Mr. Allevn
WIS invited to sit down. He did SO. prefacins
bus ac:lon by drawing from basket he earned
in his left hand
EMAIL BOTTLE.
Still smiling he brOached the subject of his
mission, lie an employe OF the Chicago
Ladies' Anticipating. ETC.. Society. and had
been sent by them to spread broadcast through
the world cure for intemperance. ona dose Of
which WIS more potent than dozen lectures OF
John B. Cough ever could be, He called his
medicine the Patent Panacea for tue Preyen-
tion Of Drunkenness, and the destruction Of the
taste for drink.
A lirltning-guick glance OF appreciation
passed from lnatson to 1na,ron, which the willy
man did not fail to catch He he1ved2 prolonged
sigh, and hiuted that he feared to tread upon
delicate ground. lie knew OF course that neither
OF the ladies' knew what it was to suffer oven in
directly from the baueful effect OF the demon
drink. He could tell by their happy oounte-
nance. chat neither of their good men h.d ever
came home and tried TO wind up the clock with
tue toasting-fork, or hung his boots on the hat
rack, and left his silk-hat to be blac8od The
next morning. or committed any OF the unac-
couutablo iudiBcretious which it WAS well known
very good men indeed had been guilty OF be-
fore now. But still. ther must remember that
MAN WAS 4 WEAK vRssEL;
that prevention Was better than cure, aad that
ono Goso of the s. 'Patent Pan.cea for the Pre-
Tentiou OF Drunkenness, and tue Destruction OF
tho Taste for Drink.' would destroy all evil ap-
retite for the space OF one lunar month
The ladies expressed wish to
MAKE AN EXPERIMENT
with the panncea, bct difficulty arose. Their
husbands, and shey tossed their heads as they
ansj r Ernr n
their boots rhen they came bone, and us TO
winding up the clock with anything but the key.
who they would sooner let it run down, and seud
round next morning to the neghbors to SEQ
what time it VAS 90 that to olef to such medicine
for the prevention OF Drunkenness would ho 40
insult Which it would i'll become dutiful wife to
bo guilty OF o1e,lng. Il there we1e only 3 way
by which the dose could be administered una
wares. There would bs no harm IN administering
it, ~ p1eyeutive, OF u1se,-solely as prevent
i've.
Mr. Aleyn ras equal to the emergency. The
panacea VAS taateloes az water itself, and its
presence iu 3 cnp of tea or coffee remainod un-
to tho drinker.
The suggestion waa an ingenious one, and, to
cut loug interview short, it prevailed aud tho
not without some mlsgivings with re-
gard to the deceptive part they we're going to
play purchased bottle Of the pauacea for S5.and
bade Mr.. Alieyn good-atternoon. Soon as the
door had closed behind him they took counsel
pertinent that very evening. and On the morning
Of every subsequent Saturday, though Why on
that peculiar day ia OF course mystery, aud |
mM remain known only to themselves.
EVENING CAME,
Ind the two husbands returned home, tired and I
hungry, but good tempered, and in few minutes |
-. down to recruit their strength at their usual |
eyeuing meal. This was as usual in itself very !
spEetizing, aud the announcement by the elder
of the matrons that she had brewed an unusu- |
nd tt.af fftfo