The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-07

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master Is half passon, andiwont drinl
good cider. Open bis mouth and pou
/ liz I'M L.
II n VIII take sufficient said .'bu
i Ientreat You TO allow me apiece lbreat
II and butter withit, 1icannot drink Of, ~
,lempty stomach 80.
sDasb me n foared the miller. stthechal
| has got IN empty. stomach. Now You m
4 lucky. dog to have so much room 10
ticider. 1wish we had Your luck. Iool
!. here lads knock the school muster down
and we'll pour cidertnt his empty stom
ach till he's chuck full.1 n
81 entreat you, fofbearl y I cried, In 81
agony Of fear. s I.
Knock me down. They could do thai
with q feather, / was so weak with hunger
exhausted with my wall, and frail through
sickness.
1--WE will-we will, by Georgel unless
you finiah the jug at q dranght. Shall VI
not, Simon2 What do you say, Dick
Eli, Thomas Langworthy9
His companions acquiesced. Iput the
jug to my mouth and drank as much as
could. r. Z
iLet us look" They caught the jug
from me and peered into It. "oh, the
sneak j he hasn't half empiedit. Drink
again, wen have youdown."
i was forced again to apply my lips TO
the Jug and take o long draaght. I Then ]
could no do more; I dashed the cider out oil
II on the floor, turned, and sprang through
the mill door.
rushed after mo, swearing horribly
but I hid myself behind the stable
door, and heard them stumble against
each other, quarrel, and call for more
drink. Iwaited till / heard Cudmore's
voice begin Il
"old AEseots, he lay on his dying bed.
Taly.hol Tilly.hol Tally.how
I waited for no more, but escaped on to
the moor. 1felt, as tried to walk back
over the moor, that was in q worse con-
dition than before. On an empty stomach
/ had taken good deal of cider, andiit
mounted to my head. I knew that 1
reeled. was conscious that i was tipsy,
and was distressed and ashamed at
1t. Nothing but solid food would re-
cover me. at
encountered the miller'sson again, and
he directed me the nearest way to the sta
ton. must pass Whiteaways farm once
more. iit4
Happening TO look over my shoulder,
after / had said goodbye to the boy, / saw,
or thought saw, the rural policeman. i
hurried on. did not wish him to see me
in the condition wasin. In getting over
stile tumbled and tore my coat aud
muddied my trousers. My hat also got
crushed. ] picked myself up with diff
Guilty. To compose myself, Tried to recol-
lect o hymn from Ancient and Modern"
but could recall nothing save:
to!d Ancott, he was q hunting squire,
Tally.hol TalIy.hol Tally:hot 4
Taiiy.h6l Taiiy:hoi Taiiy:ho.p
So ] sang that till interrupted by hiccup,
which took mo badly; owing to want Of
food, believe. II,
/ supposed I was near Whiteaway's
farm when / saw before me, sitting in the
SUN, under a hedge in a bed OF red.robin
and bluebells: the dearest little child,
with fair haxen hair, and eyes like the
heavens. But the beauty OF the child did
not attract and riyet my attention. The
child was eating. It had in its hand a
large round OF homemade bread, quite
three-quarters Of an inch thick, piled up
with cream, standing on 1t the same thick
ness, and on top Of tho cream was a curl,
like a pigs tail, of treacle. This is locally
termed thunder and lightning" Now
bread and butter Is good thing 10 q hun
cry man; but bread and cream, with
curl Of treacle, is enough to- throw q full
man off his equilibrium. II my readers
are disposed to judge me harshly let them
fast for seventeen or eighteen hours, when
conyalescent, after an attack Of rheu-
matte govt, and have piece Of bread
and thunder and lightning passed
before their eyes. Then only will
they be able to Judge me with JUS
tiee. III had been only hungry I
might have restrained myself, but the al
coholie drink poured into that vast vacuum
had robbed me Of all self-restraint. At
the sight Of the child with the round OF
bread and cream / was like ono mad.
That, and that only, would restore me to
sobriety, would recover my strength,
would enable me TO reach my destination.
I stood opposite the child watching it.
My eyes seemed to sink in solid Jumps
into those creamy depths. Ny teeth chat
tered. My hands became systematically
clenched. Convulsive movements passed
over my face. Spasms contracted my vi.
tails. / felt as If my spine yawned and
closed again with snap. 4
~ must, I will have your bread and
cream" I said In a hoarse voice, approach
ing the child. "Do not scream, do not
.,,t, o,,,o,,, T ,,,s11 ~ 1t,,,t ,,s,, L,kla,,n
your food I will"
The little one started to It's feet, and
shrieked at the sight oil my wild face and
rapening Jaws. lttried to escape. Then
Icaught t by the shoulder with one hand,
wrenohed the bread from itwith the other.
and was about, with sigh Of satisfaction,
TO ram the whole round into my mouth
and down my throat, when a hand clutch-.
cd my neck. ] was held as in a vice. ]
heard, ave have you now, you drunken
vagabond, robbing and assaulhng a child.
I've been follering you ever 80 long. First
entering Mrs. Whiteaway's and frighten-
ing her into fits /; then insulting Mr.. Parma.
colt then owdaciously you invaded the
Park, and last, alter drinking more with
Miller Cudmore, you assault and rob the
child ~
The bread was takenfrom me, to bepro-
duced at the petty sessions as evidence
against me. l Collapsed altogether, and
sank faintlng at the feet Of the rural police
man. ] had neither strength nor spirit
left.
Ihaye not much more to tell.
Twas hadup before the magistrates on
the double charge Of drunkenness and as
sau)t. remember every word that the
presiding magistrate said in passing sen,
tence. His words burned themselves into
my brain. / had been unable I'd deny;
that was intoxicated, for ! knew that
the miller's cider had upset my head.
The magistrate said that It was matter
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