The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-11
The MUM" S0CIABLE,
And the Sad Experiences of a Young
Man Who Went to One.
Peok's Sun.

LEND mo your revolver" said young man
with his nose skinned, his eyes blsckened and
hls white necktie around under his ear, and
one tail OF his dress coat torn of as he came
INTO west side saloon with his overcoat on
his arm and his overshoes in his hand, and his
clothes all covered with snow.
What's the matter with you" said the bar
tender looking ugly at him; "do you suppose
am going 10 lend you revolver to kill some
body, and then be arrested for being an acces
sorry. Not much! But what's the matter?
You look az though you came ont Of window
Was anything the matter with the door,"
The young man took wet towel and sopped
the blood from his nose, then went 10 a mirror
and fixed his neck tie and turned his back
and looked into the glass to see if the absent
coat-tail showed much, then went and leaned
on the bar and looked at the ar-tendor for
moment, and said:
~You look like a man that can be trusted
and whose advice would be safe to follow in au
emergency, and will tell you about this muir
der that contemplate, and may be You can
give me some points, az You have no doubt
murdered many people The trouble IL right
here. Our lodge is to give mum social THE
evening You know what mum social is
Young people go to house and sit around all
the evening and keep their mouths shut and
never say word till signal IL given then
| they all make up for lost time and talk for all
that is out Us my nose bleeding YETI
| Thanks.) They wanted me TO go, and Just
came from there. That is, | came from the
| house next door. You see, | went to the
wrong house and rung the bell man in his
| shirt sleeves came 70 the door and said good
evening"" but / wasn't going to be caught
speaking, because You have to pay forfeit II
| you speak So | just walked right in and
| pulled OF my oyercoat and hung it up, and
| hung my hat on the hst-rack. The man looked
little bit annoyed but lie asked me if tho
weather was not softening up little smiled
but didn't say anything, and walked into the
| sitting room. thought was the first one
there and | felt very awkward The man
watched me pretty close and finally he said
had the advantage OF him, and smiled again,
but didn't say anything Now that think Of
| it, | noticed that he unbuttOned hii
shirt sleeves and began to roll them up.
| did not think OF it at the
time, but his arms we're as big az my legs He
| asked me TO what circumstance he was in.
| debted for the honor Of this visit, and thought
he was trying to get me off my guard 30 ]
would speak, when they would have the laugh
on me- so | smiled one Of my best two fora
| quarter smiles, and looked at him az much az
to say, You can't play any OF your games or
the undersigned. think lie was the crossesl
man that | ever saw and wondered what
| made the committee have the mum sociable al
his house | thought il was time some Of the
rest OF the rest of the crowd were coming, and
got up and went TO the window to look out
when the man came up beside me and Kissed
in my ear, What is your little game, any way
Well, wasn't going TO spak and give myself
away, so | looked at HIM sort of i'm
pudent as much as 10 say, %, 20 and
chase yourself around your feet.
and then | thought lightning had struck me
He took me by the throat with one hand and
by the vicinity Of the coat-tai with the other
| hand, and he choked ME so my tongue run out,
| and his wife screamed and said Don't kill
him. and the man hustled me out into the hall
and opened the front door and he picked mo
up bodily and threw me ont into a snOw-banB
five feet deep, struggled little going out OF
the door, and run my nose against the door.
casing, and guess he forgot to let 90 of my
coat-tail when went out | struck head-frst
in the snow, and before | could dig my head
out the door closed, and | could not explain
nav conduct TO the man, was so mad | could
not have explained any way Just as got out
| OF the snow bank and shook myself tho
door opened and the man threw out nv
overcoat and hat and overshoes, and he told
his wife 10 hurry up with the shot gun, and Ire
would take me on the fly as went over the
fence, Well, didn't wait for no shotgun, bu,
grabbed my coat and things and came down the
street on agallop. | met a lot Of the young
people going up, and as | turned the corner ]
saw them going into the next house to the one
that visited and that was the first knew OF
| 40 ,,Ntat aE Ngha I ip f~r,
tell me whether better shoot that man or kill
him with club ] was raised in the south and
my warm southern blood will not stand any
such treatment" The bartender laughed and
old the young fellow he had better go and apollo
gi2e to that man, or he would kick the other
coat tail of the first time he saw him, and the
young man said on second thought he reckoncd
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