The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-01-09

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five minutes and let me get this grub
ready, you'llsdo me proud" Well, sir,
after they'd filled up1 set out the Jug
Mr.. Holmes looks at it, and then he fires
up all Of d sudden and yells: s SI3
"FIash out d stream of blood-red wine! 8
& ta For j would drink to other days. !" "
by George, I was getting kind Of.
worked up. | don't deny il, I was get.
ting kind of worked up. ] turns to Mr..
Holmes, and says /, ''Look here my fat
friend, I'm a running this shanty, and it
the court knows herself, you'll take whisky
straight, or you'll go dry" Thenl's the
very words I said to him. Now, I didn't
want to sass such famous littery people,
but you see they kind Of forced me.
There amt nothing unreasonable bout
me; don't mind passed. Of guests a.
treadin' on my tail three or four times,
but when it GENES to standing on it it's
different, and if the court knows herself
yol'll take whisky straight or youth go
dry. Well, between drinks they'd swell
around the cabin and strike attitudes and
spout. Says Mr.. Longfellow: III
"This is the forest primeyal.''
Says MI. Emerson:
"Here once the embattled farmer stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world"
Says /, 20, blackguard the premises as
much as you want tot don't cost q
cent Well, they went on drinking, and
pretty soon they got outa greasy old deck
and went to playing ut-throat euchre at
ten cents corner-on trust. / begun to
notice some pretty suspicious things. Mr..
Emerson dealt, looked at his hand, shook
his head, and says:
II am the doubter and the Doubt
And calmly punched the hands and went
to shuflling for new lay out. Says he:
"They reckon i'll who leaves me out;
They know not well the subtle ways
keep. ] pass, and deal again."
Hang'd if he didn't go ahead and doit,
too Oh, he was a cool one! Well, in
about a minute, things were pretty ight,
but all of a sudden I see by Mr.. Emer-
sons eye that he judged he had 'cm. He
had already coralled two tricks and each
of the Others one. So now he kind Of
lifts a little in his chair and says
II tire of globes and aces
- Too long the game is played!'
and down he fetched right bower
Mr.. Longfellow smiles as sweet as pic and
says:
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast Taught"
and cog my cats if he didn't down
with another right bower! Well, sir, up
jumps Holmes, a war hopping as usual,
and says:
"God help them if the tempest swings
The pine against the palm!
and I,wish [ may go to grass il he
didn't swoop down with another right
bower! Emerson clasps his hand on his
bowie, Longfellow clasps his on his re-
volver, and I went under bunk. There
was going to be trouble; but that mons
trous Holmes rose up, wobbling his
double chins, and says he: "Order, gen
tlemen; the first man that draws I'll lay
down on him and smother himv' All
quiet on the Potomac, you bet!
They were pretty how-come-you
now, and they began to blow. Emerson
says: "The bulliest thing I ever wrote
was Barbara. Fritchie." Says Longfellow:
1T don't begin with my Biglow Papers y.
Says Holmes: my Thanatopsis lays
over 'em both" They mighty near end
ed in fight. Then they wished they
had some more company-and Mr.. EN-
erson pointed at me and says:
SIS yo9der squalid peasant all
That this proud nursery could breed "
He was a-whetting his bowie on his
boots so I let it pass. Well, sir, next
they took it into their heads that they
would like some music, so they made me
stand up and sing, "When Johnny comes
marching home, till dropped-at thir-.
teen minutes past four this morning.
That's what I've been through, my friend.
When awoke at seven they were leaving,
thank goodness, and Mr. Longfellow had
my only boots on, and his own under his
arm. Says I, "Hold on, there, Eyange-
line, what are you going to do with
thcm!" He says, "Goipg to make tracks
with 'em; because
Lives Of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing. leave behind us
Footprints on the sands Of Timcn
AS said, Mr.. Twain you are the fourth
IN tWenty-four hours and I'm agoing to
move-l amt suited to littery atnlos-
phere.
| said to the miner, "Why, my dear
sir, these were not the gracious singers
to whom we and the world pay loving
reverence and homage; these were i'm
posters"
The miner Investigated me with a calm
eye for a while, then said he: g All! impo-
stors, were they? are you2" Ibid not pursue
the subject. and sincn thnn r hay,n,, 81 tr,1,
eled on my nom dc plume enough to hurt,
Such was the "Reminiscences was moved
to contribute, Mr.. Chairman. In
my enthusiasm | may have exaggerated
the details a little, but you will easily
forgive me that fault, since I believe it is
the first time have ever DETECTED from
perpendicular fact on an occasion like
this.
can zis, f'remarked MacMahon, extend
ing his hand and smiling afably--"an'
'gis is re brave zhoneral Eat unto re men