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mouth. E1gland FSs8erua4D's tap rooza.
opposite odsings Tie Hercules M
ro~ street. Twenty iost from ny VII
aowS Empsy b. -sy F1l every nsStt.
Hofging fishermen. Wives ditto. Part
nsrs fer lie IL drinking Hercules Ell
qUegts- One mug Tor two. El1n anc ~ife.
Sip alternately Feminine power e. drala
pot eaozl 10 mans he slps. She sips
She sips He s.ps Ma empty. Passed
- baTnaAid b ~ ~ beer pamp. FrAo-
Iiceo muscle. Mind aigto. ole s.Fcks
pump lever Tor hail gllL Two. pinL
QGzTter sSroks thrown IA foT good meas
are. Alternate conJugd slpIAag a. 10
fore. S4ndea floor Long table Rack
OF long stennec clay pipes. Public pipes
For customers. Smoke noon fuu. Al
hands talk. Talk. noisy. exciting and al
IL o'clock confused
Commences 20 simmer down az mid
night Company ~ that hour ~ maxi
mum Of beerineSs and prosiness. Long
winded Steam up High pressure In
spirationGl nocturnal auec1Ot4ge. same
old yarn Hundredth time Five hun
dredth time Midnight. Hercules puts
up shutters Turns EN- our. Patrons
nnger outside. Hate 70 so home. Mild
night Soft moonlight. High tide Of
beefiness. All nature az rest Care
driven away. Recollection II debts,
the morrow's labors, rheumatism and
waiting wives softened down. RoSeate
hue over all Lifted into temporary
elysium by beer. Nowonder they llnger.
!. abed Within ear shot OF il all
Without beer. Don't want beer. Want
sleep. Can't get sleep. Can Get only
herring flshermsn's midnight beer talk.
Time lags Leaden winged. One
o'clock. San hearing berry talk Of men
who go down on great deep and now Ia
depths OF beer. Two O'clock. a week
has passed. Turn and toss. Frame of
mind malignant.
Hope at last. Signs OF breaking Up.
OF what? Maritime beer talk. Subject
Best way OF picking up anchor after
slipping cable. Seven opinions given.
All talk together. Differences OF opinion.
Talk loud. Energetic. Some profanity.
Subject finally forgotten. Merges into
something else. Then focuses into com
mon subject. What:
| Gibbons. Gibbons drunkest OF lot
Beer inside OF Gibbons suddenly bcus
| over. Gibbons becomes volcanic. Erup-
tive. Gibbons differs from everybody.
Becomes profane. Abusive Wants 10
fight
Lesser DRINKS argue with Gibbons.
Coax him TO 90 home Gibbons won't 90
| home. But loves TO be coaxed. Regards
ccaxing as sort Of homage paid him by
party. Common drunken perception on
! part OF the Gibbons type of man. Glib
bons' real want? 4 club mercifully ad-
ministered.
Gibbons finally prevailed on to start
for home. Home at upper end Of court.
Two hundred yards distant from my
windows. Gibbons stops. Anchors to "a
gate post. Wants to 50 back for the
other drink. Forgot it.
Gibbons friends argue with Gibbons.
"No more tonight, mon. Go home 10
yer wife. mon" Party deeply solicitous
/ for Gibbons. His moral welfare. His
wife's ditto. Such a comfort il the
drunken, crazy Gibbons will but go
home to his wifcl Inference on their
back that when Gibbons, crazy, brutal
and insane. does but go home the domes-
tic Eden Will run over with bliss
Strange but true.
Gibbons makes another move for home
Party accompanying. Occasional halt
ings and anchorings by Gibbons. With
renewal of old discussion. Abuse. pro-
family, desire to fight with anything,
topped with demands for more beer
Moral. peace loving DRINKS at last see
him home. Leave Glib at front gate.
Quiet at last. Imay now sleep. Voices
die away. l turn over. Gale TO land Of
Nod appears.
May / enter? No. Sudden uproar ia
Halls court. Screams, Shrill. 4 woman's.
l arise. Open windows everywhere.
Both sides of court Heads out. Female
heads White nocturnal rigging. Mas
culine heads. Halls court again In up
roar.
Why? Gibbons beats his wife. Beer
inside Gibbons has taken this direction.
| rover must - emu itrcil SDlEcWlt.e.
Target FOR fermented power inside Glib
bons is Mrs. Gibbons. Nothing unusual
in Halls court. And elsewhere.
Ny landlady ont. at front door. In
white Night robe. Comcly young
woman. Husband 1t sea. In a collier.
Athletic young woman. Red and robust
pair OF arms. Loud voiced By nature
a driver. Drives broom. Drives arms
over washtub ike young healthy steam
engine. Leads expression Of Halls court
public opinion Of Gibbons from front
door. Friend 70 abused Mrs Gibbons.
Heads the clamor. Shouts disapprota-
ton Of Gibbons conduct Says she'd
''liko 20 smack Gibbons facef'
OF this Glib. Obvious. D. y. Dead
drunk. Asleep. Has done h7 best and
! worst.
Events in Halls court over Tor niaht
Quite forgotten On morrow. Gibbons
vii arise 60 % work. Tho court will
60 on as usual until another or the same
/ Gibbons does II ali over AGAIN such Is
life IN HALLS court Great Yarmouth
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