The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-19
lfss TA< sfsas.sss Trsesikr.t OLD TALK or THE NEW YEAR,
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 is was the night ct the 6rss day et ne new year.
 For su.pou be leaned agsins, stone fence surmcansed by iron picke,s and as he took sacred view of the dAsknesS ,.r tclt that |, was all nigh, ~,,h h,n I The fence enclosed cemetery. in which gale was blowing The naks,i brsnches cf the oaks made clst,et Ike the elimination oi ro~ n a beer saio n the cedArs walled siissaaliy. .uegest.ne the feeble cry of druaken tramp un :. dark alley and the undergrsw,hs VI .- pesed sabdued woes rom bush to he,a. telling oi those they covered ana VI, and how they d,ed. The monuments. ,s he gaied at them through the iron r.il- ,nga seem changed. Aheaatiiul winged angel. hie-sise. with feet as ~hite as the mountain slees. suddenly furied it's mas s,ve wings. and slowly lowering Us ap- waid-pc.ntnE hngcr. aimed straight a, him. This was signal for the grave. stones to look. for suddenly a hund,sd cr more were animated as fl by mage. and leesed at him wish cruel e,es \ pillar ot modest height. whose colo. had otsea prompted h hun the ,dea ,aa, |, was made cf cassile soap. ncw grew ,a the altitude of the monolith m Crailal park. iio~ cold u was. and ha~ Inc wind did blew Looking to~Ata heaven he beheld black spots ot cloud, .hastrs each other in violent haste and ann,te,s. ele confusion. while the st.ts were dcsIs. sng about to keep out oi the way ot the riot. Hts hat blew otf and fell inside. where n took up A position on A shrub. and ,aun,insl, heckoned hun ,o follow but he did not accept the challenge. He turned and looked across the street |, vas strange all was serene over there No wind disturbed the equanimliy oi that locality. \ solitary leaf on a tall poplar did not even salute him lie could not understand II. Hut why should he stay here. shivering. with a cyclone running up each uowses-leg, when he could step across the ,horoughfare and enjoy the hospitality of an unsfoubied atmosphere! He would do il. Hut hts attempt gave the lie to the ass~rilon, :" where there's will there's a way" fof he was as powerless of ioeomo,,on aS an oyster seeing light a, a window he struggled ie ali out, but his so.sr te- fused io respond to the endea,s, \ hand ion,h he'd his shoulder He now su,- nised that death had come to cialn, hun and had adopted ,hn familiar method ct making known hts presence befoe taking posSession oi the dam He cauld not deny his identity. as much as he i,li like he was fast forgetting which aue ei the boys he was he knes II was h.s duty to he dead so he turned his head in an s~ef la the summons He saw face Nut II vas dead face: face he had knasn long ago [, looked al hum A h~ had often seen !, in his dreams. wnh an ex. pression hall of pity and half oi trpfoas h then |, vanished in the agony ot hfs soal he et,ed, .' 1 wish that wss~ dead. .' Ba, here the spee,fe of another ~ho iie. in the ground on the othe, side oi the ience arose before him. and paasipg around to his lef car. whispered. There Is no death '" and giided through the qaarreling trees upon the breath of the maddening gale
 !" Who was he and wha, ailcd h,n, s' you ask
 lie was nice young man ~ho had called Al the saloons from nine o'clock. m, iill twelve. midnight
 When he esme te his sensss he had fsse cents and headache The head ache he has y~i the i've cents. with |. " s'and on iof fhe balance. he gave a worldly rnnded bar keeper for snrneihlns to steady hts nerves so he could hi d his gay home
 He is ID the prohibition boom noe bni in the blooming month of May, ~ hen the buck beer ,s upe. and lis New Year niRhi'a has bcf foine only he faint shadow of an uupleasani memory. he ~tii io'n the Knights oi the Ro md Table agaiu.