The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-11-28

ASnhmeu! On no, VIC ulu uOl cApcCt
to meet any one to make us ashamed.
We knew our minister would not call.
In case any OF the children fell into the
fire or cistern we knew our wife would
go to the lodge after US, and we were
confident that none of our lodge friends
would come in to spend the evening.
AS We said before, the show began. First
customer, sober mechanic; dinner-buck-
ct in hand; barkeeper does not ask him
what lac will have; appears to know
draws glass of beer: rakes. in the nick
ell, Exit mechanic. Regular customer,
we reckon. Next, quiet young man; re-
gales himself with whisky straight; no
water; does not pay; barkeeper makes a
note of it. Next, Joe, Mark and Ed,
young bloOds OF the town; very cOmmu-
NEGATIVE; all talk at once; none of them
know what they want; Joe mentions
beer; Mark thinks it is too chilly to
drink beer; wants something stimulat
ing; wonders if they have any good
brandy; Ed. does not want any brandy
in his; Tom end Jerry is good enough
for him; that is exactly the thing the
other two were trying to think of;
all take tom and jerry" bar keeper
gets the mixture too hot has to be blown
off considerably, and in the mean time
the young men blow Off too. Ed. Is u
regular ''old timer-a thoroughbred, !"
as il were; offers to drink the other two
into the ditch before midnight and call
on his girl in the morning; offer declin-
cd; Joe and Mark evidently proud of
their companion. The three start out,
came back and want something else, but
finally conclude to take a whIrl around
town first. A knock at the back door;
barkeeper opens the door, nobody there /;
barkeeper steps out into the dark. comes
back, fills half pint bottle; takes it
out; returns without it and puts some
change in the drawer-a Murphy man
loosing his grip. we shouldn't wonder.
Two more young blOOds come in; stiff
trimmed hats, standing collars; begin to
throw dice, when the back door opens
and three more blOods come in and take
a hand; one fellow stuck for the drinks
nobody wants beer. AS the party
breaks up the unfortunate young
man takes the baFkVeper to one
side and has a confidential talk; no.
body pays, and If the barkeeper's cOunte-
nance is any index to his thoughts
he considers himself out about fifty
cents. Next, dilapidated Hibernian
ferries himself alongside the counter;
wants pint of whisky; will pay Satur-
day; barkeeper does not credit anybody /;
Hibernian don't want credit, will pay
Saturday; baFkeepsT thinks he is full
now and that pint would run him over {;
Hibernian becomes insulting; vents 10
fight; policeman saunterS in and the HI
bernian ferries himself out. swearing
vengeance on the barkeeper. Back door
opens; elderly respectable gentleman
hurries to the bar, takes in big drink
of brandy, watches the front door uneas-
lily, hurries out, evidently afraid he
would meet somebody. Wonder if it
was his sOnE. Next, Dutchman; buys a
bottle of beer for the frau, he says.
Poor fellow. his wife doesn't treat
him to curtain lecture on tenn
perance, then. He Is ignorant of
one strong feature in American
private life. Professional loafers begin
to come in and locate around the stove.
Two small boys drop in, but are advised
to go in search OF fresh air; advice taken.
This must be something new. The bar
keepers in our Sunday school books
used to catch small boys and pour liquid
perditiOn down them, In the hope that
they could not do without IL after awhile
But of course thereare exceptions 10 all
rules, az perhaps the barkeepers are
better posted on human nature than
they were in those days. Forbidden
fruit always was sweet, YOU know.
Next, Joe, Mark and Ed turn up again.
There is perceptible weakening of
Joe's spinal column; Mark is getting
drunk, and knows it, but he is confident
that he is the only one who possesses the
secret; NO change in Ed, except his
tongue is getting a little lOOser; orders
whisky for threes fills the glasses
himself, giving his two friends a full
benefit, and holding his band around
his own glass so nobody can tell whether
he fills it or not; Mark says they have
taken siK drinks since they left; Joe
says only Ave; long dispute ensues;
Joe counts it uP oH Ais fingers,
but his fingers are so unreliable thai Gf
ter he has gone over the programme he
can not tell hOsr many ought to be up or
down; Mark leans heavily against the
counter, thinks it is about bedtime; Ed.
winks at the barkeeper; Joe soon begins
to turn pale. After q little while he
sieadies himself for moment snd then
lays out aa old fashioned fence row from
the counter 80 the back door; goes out,
and In n moment we bear something
which reminds us thai when vs. were q
boy we once made . late supper, ia Au-
gust, on green apples, eueqplbers and
muskmelons Well, Mark begins To need
a seat bad Ed. has slipped out and left
him, and as there are no vacant seats, and
as our man does not show up, we will go
home and tell our wife what an interest
ing time we had at the lodge. custOa-
ers are beginning TO come in too thick
to note, anyway. QUILP.