The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-11-29
L WILL TRY TO FORGET YOU.
The Words of the Vile of a Drunken
Husband.
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"I'll not go with you, anywhere. You
have deceived me for the last time. l
shall take the first train home and try
to forget that ever knew you"
These words, spoken in q manner that
showed the earnestness and excitement
of the speaker, were addressed to man
whose unsteady walk gave evidence OF his
having taken just one too many. He was
leaning for supportagainst a pile OF trunks
that we're waiting the gentle ministrations
of the union depot baggage handlers.
Facing him was 8 woman and from her
lips had fell the scornful words that told
of q loss of confidence in the man she was
addressing, and gave every evidence that
she was the better half of couple
that will probably declare marriage q
failure.
The woman was blonde, as pretty as
she was angry and emphatic, and her
blue eyes were full of the sparkle that
would have been danger signal to her
husband if be had been sober enough to
see it. Dressed in. "a neat travelling cos.
tune and handsome and stylish jacket
that set off her trim figure to the best
possible advantage, the bird plumage in
the duck of bonnet that was perched
above the coils and frizzes of her hair.
was nodding an accompaniment to her
words and gestures as she delivered her
VIGOROUS condemnation of fthe half.drunk
man she had made up her mind to try
and forget. AS she stamped her firmly
clad foot to emphasize her last words, the
man looked up with sort of II don't.
understand you" attempt at smile and
attempted to pacify the little woman by
saying
"Don't get mad, Ella. Ish all right
hic--I'm going to brace up" :,
"Yes, you're going to brace up!
snapped Ella. "You have been talking
that way ever since we married, two
months ago, and I'm tired of it. All I
ask of you is to give me enough money to
buy my ticket home. Are you going to
do .it?"
The question was followed by vigo
rious shaking of the bridegroom of two
months promise to break to brace up.
His head wabbled around, his hat fell
off, but the shaking was useless. He was
in stupor that only time or the noise of
colored republican parade could affect.
But Ella did not waste any time, and
when her arm was tired from the shaking
process, she unbuttoned her drunken
husbands vest, took from an inside pock-
ct q book, selected two ten dollar bills,
and replacing the book re.buttoned the
vest, and was just about turning away,
when one of the restaurant walters hand
ed her the hat which bad fallen from her
husbands head. She snatched it from
the colored boys hand and placed it on
the head of the now soundly sleeping
man in position that made him as
comical looking as the clown in ten cent
circus.
Turning to one Of the email crowd of
travellers and depot men that had Wit.
messed the unusual scene. the little NO
man said /: !,
81 am going north on the first train, and
ifanybody sees that man when he gets
sober, wish they would tell him that |
took twenty dollars of his money, and
have gone home, and that be need never
expect to see me sgain."
a faint suspicion of a tear trembled In
the blue eyes, but with a quick and
grateful touch of dainty little handker.
chief, they were brushed away, and Con.
ductor Ferrell, Of the Western and
Atlantic, was appealed to for information
as to when the frat train LETT for the
North.
With quick glance at his watch, Capt.
Ferrell said:
my train leaves in just FIVE minutes
for Chattanooga. Do you want to 60
there 2"
"Oh, yes; my home is in Tennessee, on
the Cincinnati Southern. Where can l get
o ticket?"
There were dozen people anxious. to
show the lady to ticket window, and as
she started she. cast look OF genuine
contempt on the form of the drunken
husband that she was apparently anxious
to leave. He was lying with his body
partly supported by big trunk, his bat
had again fallen from his head and the
newsboys and bootblacks were beginning
to make sport of him from safe distance
outside the baggage room gate.
As the lady stepped to the window OF
the Western and Atlantic ticket Office q
reporter ventured to ask her name.
He did not receive the information but
he was told by an angry woman that she
had trouble enough and didn't want her
name in the newspaper on top of all she
had suffered by being married TO q
drunken wretch. And again the gather.
eriug tears were brushed away. No more
questions were asked and in another
moment the young lady was assisted on
the Chattanooga train. In another mo.
ment Conductor Ferrell had called
out call aboard" and q pretty woman
and injured wife WAS rapidly moving
away.
As the train passed the gotes OF the
carshed the tears that until then had been
bravely held back, were moistening the
handkerchief that a shapely hand pressed
to the blue eyes ofa woman whose life has
been clouded by her marriage to drunk.
ard.
He was still sleeping as the train left
the depot, picture of contempt and pity.
Two or three Of the depot officials carried
him to hack, and be was taken to q
hotel. When he sobcrs up, if there is a
particle of pride within him a reformation
will be his first and only business. And
| Judging from the determined manner in
which bis wife talked aud acted, only the
genuine and permanent article will ever
give him chance for forgiveness from
her.
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of hiccough may be stopped by holding
the head under water" 1t does not say
how long the head should be held unde,
water, but we should think about two
hours would be plenty long enough to
stop the worst case of hiccough ever
invented.
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