The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-20
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 sGsntsmen, thsf I'd noee and tAee ef miae is mere srenhae lo ms sAan all my weakh. ! am . tompesnfe maA, an9 nsvsr dsiak ineozicasiag 6Quoss at n, ed yse evesy sime ge ct ksAlng ese snnbarnod e that cary Esd noee Jbr . noatA, and it weuld ho hard b cun- vincs anybody thse was net seguans old tnpes. To-day uet ssune lndies in . caryiags. ladiss iAas kAew VT vel1. aad eaiy eas q sAsn, . isd-ksasse1 laAy, wAe woaldat Q back oa anyhody, spoks to nc. TAe oshss leoked tke otAsr gay. and the cae vAo spohs so ms acssd as though she pitied me etom the bottom o( her heart. h was all a e. count of my noss. n 1 owe . msa he wARts his moaey tigAt away, bscaass Ae sk6eks saf drinking hard, sad will ruik myss.f. My intimate friends aso coaslaafiy helag asked n do noe sooam is prstsy baA. snd t takss . geod deal of tAsir time b saand up toS nc and deay that 1 an drunkard. rsopas arc cory fcr ny vic and cAildssa, asd ooys lock upca nc e . fightful svidsace of what siroeg drink wiIl do eos . man, and &~s sk1~u ell -As eA A cup when % by, asd point so m7 soss. l tel you. boys. it is pretty tougA fos man uho has not drank drop in years, ard doat want to dsiak, to he lcoksd upon e drunksrd. Ny wiGs b ose cf skose sarcastic women vho nevss spotl . good story sos sela,iout sAAs. Oae aieha attended Scotch banQuGe wAere they had hot Scotch wAisky. You know how h smells. Well, sone q it gos on the table, and 1 brashsd my slseve in u, but did not drink . drop. When ! gos home, . hstle aAer midnight, my key wouldn't work in the door, the krs, time |, ever tailed to work. and had 10 ring the bell. Ny wite came down ia her asceasioa sobe and opened the door, and sAe insissed that had not had the ksy h the hsyhole at all. To show her that the hey would not wosk, held the docs open and tsisd tho hey, and hope to dis n t did not wosk all night. Of course biushed, and my nose vas redaes than ever, and my wife sAid. tn her peculiaf tone. hanqusss often work that way on men. Some of our best citizens cant md . keyhols when they come home from . haaQuet.' 1 tried to argue with my wite, there in the hall, and explain to her that she did me m injustice, hut sAe rot . smell q shst Scotch vhisky on my sleeve, and while she knew that would cut my arm cG be- fore would drink, she said ii IL vas not whisky she smelied, then she never smeiled whisky. vas 60 disgusted that 1 wen, up stain so retire, but when went to pull my boots of swow could not ges them oH. lt vas . pair of new tigh. boots tha, only wear to weddings and banqueis. and as tugged and pulled. my face got feddef than ever, and my wife looked at me with tssai calm look, as though she actually thought vas drunx, when she knew better. Sue told me could lay a newspaper on the bed 10 put my feet on, and sisep with my boots on. adding that some of our best c,si1ens oe- casionally went to bed with iheir bosas on. To cap the climax, vas taken sick at the stomach. from somsshisg 1 had eaten at the banquet, some sor Of Scotch pudding that ] vas not acquainted wish. but which Scotch friend who sat nsxs to me induced me to eat That settled h, and my wife held up her hands tn horror and said, Mercy On us, what will come nexty She added that shs hoped it ~ould be my boots that came nexi, 70 could retire. o, ~as mad, thsn. lt vas aggravating, but weke Hp the coachmaa to pull my boots o6, asd when ss. plaised to him that lt was pair oi Dew boon that wore to shs bsaqusl, he isughsd and said that was an hgkt. He said tho iase man he vosksd l6s hs had to pull his booss oG evegy eehes night, and be dids't think snytking of t, b. cause hs knsw how if vas when . maa
 wsas ont to have lisfIe whoop up with the boys- Dear nc. could have nur-
 dessd the coarAmaa, but ] suppose ! should not blame him And do yos
 know, my wife heard the conversaiion
 wish the coachm1h, and she just rolled
 and lsughed, ssd when l easne to bed
 she said, Touch sos, taste scs, handje
 not, look not upon the Scotch whisky
 when t is hol, for q lase you cast 6ed
 the ksy-hoie, asd yoa can't ess yous
 booss oH.' And thsa sAs asksd nc h [
 hadst just ~ soos haag ny plsg hat up
 oe the floor, becsuss h vould eet ah
 mussed ap f sisps vish h oa. Blsss
 me if l hsdst 6osges to take my hat oa,
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 wbiIs she ksoss did sos, she said sAe
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