The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-26

was one OF TIC Tfaf NfH taNIH 20 me kNEh
eve Hollow settlement ati often bossted
Of the prominent Part he last taken in the
establishment ~ nvsrv rrw enterprise
Peter Dodsun aluHiicl thHf when be- opoaed
the little store 10 u.c tui.oyy jrrrv was hls
FIRST customer. hti14sI t-t gods Thea
purchased were sIll uHIs,d Or. and Mise
BlIiord, who keep tue st.r1u, SAID that
Jerry was the first man o. rsrlra o drink
ovei his bar, a. also The hgst ulan 10 order
II "chalkcd"
When Jerry cam 20 the nou1w us pos
sessions were limited. consisting of q few
old household traps aad % wife 1ul chlu
Tie wife was a fr4l, fee p,'rr Of human
itv, whose features -paSe ~ e SON hurucned
with 4 continual SORROW. Tho Guild was b
bright gIrl Of seven. whose punched iace
aud hollow eyes utd ~ az 80 and hunger
From the DAY Blufrei opened his saloos
Old Jerry hal been o ruH>taut customer
Whatever hs earned or whatever be c0uld
secure OF the caruIr-s 81 M, Nifr ana child
wont into Bfuforis drawer 90 exchange for
whisky. and not ouiy that. ba on ali ooca
sions when drinks were ordered he was
there ready 70 receive 90. portion
Martha IobD. loving, patient, forgiviug
n long suffering w.t. and mother, had
often plead Dth Jerry L. give pap hts disso.
lutte habits aud resolve 10 DC Il true nan.
Often when he had come Some drunk had
she sat down hy Gam aul wcpt tCsrs VI pity
and sorrow for Gs cundt.Al And Jerry,
honest n well snoauiug, had time and
again taken a resolution never to again
touch liquor, and gone turih GrlH N the be.
lief that he was able 10 withstand the
temptation. only TO frd that lus weak
nature was unequalto the aW ful cravings Of
an unnatural appetite fer strong drink
Blk years after Old Jerry c,lmc 10 Buck
eye Hollow his poor wife Iicd, "a physical
and mental wreck IS hc stood gazing
steadfasi,y on Tie face II luc woman who
had passed on ard away FROM n lite Of tor
lures, there came tatu4..h as Guil. sluggish
mind a remembrance Of all she had SUI
fered for his snlJc. ami tears of real re
pentanco fel from tie hl AIRED eye rs he
again resolved 10 cut away from his habits
and lead another lite. ia, like all his other
good resolutions, this wa, soon overcome,
and In less than q week after hls wife WIS
consigned 20 the grave old DERRY was uFain
q visitor al BluiOrI's saloon, and again he
came home rerltur uut'r the iurucncc Of
liquor, TO be carcl Tor uy hls child. VINO had
learned patience and Kindness irou her
mother.
-Four years Tassec AWAY and Mary Cobb
grew into young iadyhOod, a bright, quick,
intelligent girl Tie %ucighbors had, to a
certain extent, fulfilled tue duties her
father neglected, u.d through these
kindnesses she hgc attained to some
knowledge of tho vcr,l and the duties and
beauties OF life, and through the goodness
Of Peter Dodsun'n wife she bad enjoyed
some of the advantages of education.
In the meantime cd Jerry had gone on
resolving over aud over again 20 reform
and lead a new life, only 20 have his resolu-
tions swept away a. fast AZ formed.
II was late one Juuc afternoon when
Jerry Cobb, under The influence of liuuor,
was sitting in Blufurd's saloon with his
arms on "a little table and lis head hung us
II In slumber. Two men ,lur iB, and after
taking drinks. glanced iroLnd tho room,
when one of them. pointing to Old Jerry,
asked;
'Who's that. Bmfurdt"
'Old Jerry COBB, the bartender replied,
land o sorry old vayaboal he b., too. I'm
tired Of haviu' i'm around. and wish he'd
keep erway. He never hes no money no
more, an IA allus bcrriu or drink er wait
In erround fer somebody ter treat
Hes a harmless sort Of old man,
though the other replied, land besides,
Bluford, you've got a luud many dollars
from him FIRST ant lns,. T,,kc /, an together
] don't know hat you've got any reason to
be hard on him"
II haint BIN hard ON ann, an I've allowed
him TO hang around here when nobody else
wouldn't "a done IL. Hos a regular old sot,