The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-12-11
WlarrfN FoH 'TnH RIPLEY AByART1sER.
ltSt aFINC WNutC Rose
MEMPHIS. =
BY W. G, FALKNER.
cgApTER xix. tc0nc1uaea)
INa0MAR's STORY CONTINUED.


pleasaptoone enjoys the sensation
very much; but when the stom-
achB out Of order, one is sure to
have unpleasant dreams. Oh! II had
such nice' dream, last night. |
4 Dreamed that was but what DO
You care about my dreams! |
suppose you want nae to finish my
narrative about Miss Bramett's
movements"
"Miss Tadpoddle," said |, "you
must, by all means, take another
dose of medicine; the color of
your skin is not as good as it should
be, and | don't like the looks of
your tongue
"NO, no, Docto"; declare |
can't take any more medicine, and
to be candid with you. | most en-
phatlcally decline to take any more
now"
If | could have induced her to
take another dose of my drugs then,
she would have remembered it to
her dying day, for there was de-
mon IN me not much smaller than
Mont Blanc. | thought in my soul
would die unless | got a chance
to do some sort of mischief. Why
don't some man invent a medicine
that will paralyze the tongue, with
out killing the ownerS There
would be millions in it," would
have given thousand dollars for
the privilege of administering one
more dose Of medicine 20 Miss
Tadpoddle on that occasion. NY
mind was in that condition that
crowds conscience out of the ques-
| ton, and | would have salivated
her, if it had taken a ton of c&lo
mel to do it.
"No, no, Doctor, please hush
talking about your hateful drugs
and let me,go on with my story.
like to 60 right straight on with {
story. 1t makes one feel SO ner
hvous TO have to wait and wait fo
anything which ought to be tol'
without stopping. There is Mis-
Clattermouth-oh, it would do yoI
good to hear her relate a story
She can talk all day and neve
make a bobble. You ought t,
hear her deliver one of her lecture
on the rights OF women. She i
our champion on that question, an
you must not fail to hear her lee
ture next time. She is the bushes
manager of our Tramp Reform Al
sOciation, and is one of our bes
financial agents. You ought t
join our Tramp Reform Association
Doctor. We have achieved wot
, ders in that society. We have n
formed as many as a dozen tramp
during the last year"
ain What way do you reforl
them. Miss Tadpoddle@ enquire'
"Oh, we furnish them board an
e lodging for a month, by way
trial, and give them a good suit (
clothes. Miss Olattermouth LEI
lures them twice a week, and
give them bible lessons thre
times week. If, at the end of tt
month, they show evidences of r.
pentance and reformation, we the
furnish them another suit
clothes, testament, five dolla
in cash and certificate OF good b
. havior, and discharge him with o.
blessing"
Ifhe don't furnish the necessai
evidence at the end of the fir
month, what course do you pursl
: then9'
j "We keep him another mont
and if he proves incorrigihle, !
dismiss him without our certifica
or blessing"
''The punishment, I must So
Miss Tadpoddle, is indeed very I
we're. What lsi,to be the tate
the poor tramp who is thus turn
loose on the cold charities Of /
world, with no certificate and vii
out your blessinga May ! enqu
what percentage prove eincorrigil
and are driven out without the G
tificale and blessingP
Il should say about ninety !
-... cent. ii is a source Of regret
know that-so many prove UNIV
thy, yet it isla consolation TO US
save as much as len per cent.
Ia the unfortunate class"
4 at understand you correct
anyone can secure two mont
board and lodging, BIZ represent
himself as j tramp
ooh, no, " 40 means; We
ways appoint committee 70 ing