The Meeker herald., 1889-09-14
MEEkER HERALD.


the dampncss al the sea log struggles
with the dryness Of prohibitory !eaisia
ton, | met long, thin man who ms
took ME for - drummer. l knew that
he mistook IN" for drummer, because
he asked me II had flask concealed
In my clothing. ! shook my head sadly
and he gasped with u violence tia; rat
tied the dry lining OF his throat.
There was "A man that looked Il sight
like you" said he, "thst WAS around
here bout three months ago, lie had a
rubter lining tn his coat, and tub"
that ran up inside his collar. lie was II
very poplar man while he staid IN
town"
Il should haze thought that the rub
her would have made III. whisky taste
bad" said l.
Well, IL didn't staY in there hardly
long enough for that. lie replied with
an innocent smile.
This town looks rather dull. " | ven
tured 10 suggest; lis there any profit.
able business here p
No; there Amt non. now" hc said,
sadly. There used Ia be money In the
drug store here, but Al Kicker ruined
that. lie was tic druggist, you know
hung himself year ago this month.
That's his store up ON the Main street, -
"why don't somebody take Rics.r's
old shop and open II up, II there's so
much money in drugs. ! shonldn,
mind doing 1t myself.
Don't you do II, young Teller, he
said. sol-lnniy. There Amt notlilu' IN
II, an III tell We why. fr see when Al
Kicker struck this town bout Fix year
ago lie MAS b.is-d 10 remain. lie only
had money enough 10 take him half
way to the next town which IN tother
side o. III. bay. aud old Cap'n ilrllum
wouldn't carried him boats length
beyond hi. fare II the waicf'd b~-n u
hundred fa,hom deep where he'd had 10
Rr, out. So Al stopped.
lie hal Ia do something 10 make -
Twin. - he went eleisin' !oF old Dan
iiarri, that KEEP, tie drug store then.
Al didn't know much al'ou. drugs, but
he played u powerful good hand o forty.
1--we, am he an III. old man used 10 20
rahco,s on the game III tic back r"om'
nights. Well. sir. the old man didn't
live six weeks, an h.Nin' no io.Ss, he
left the whole outni 10 Al That Teller
did have The dos'dcgiIi-,t luck, src'
csaliy On his own deal. hn' AWAY,
thought That The Old man died 'alI
s-s,puch
The mofnin AFTER tile Old man was
laid Away. Al came 10 me, ala seq he /:
Isp~r We got 10 run Ihls hshans,
though dunno more about drugs Than
aeow! An 1t Was TACT, he didn't
know salts OF s~nua foin stomach
pump Hut told hin u diint max"
M difference What lie did ~ long N 10.
looked out Tot The boitlc, that tho old
man had marked poison. an Keep
good uuai'iS sour mash III INC BACK
%"m-An NJ va, Hopi lIdsr :"
nfSff mike " flss iNdht'a Y-f'.'f's 71r,,fic
In out u good thick drink. ligt Al was
scared 10 have the drugs around. 80 he
traded EN- all oil with the doctor Tor
the ptic. 81 enough sugar ,n I'll up the
bottles that hal solid stuI ia EN-. The
"thers lie 'ii'-! with Aliens General
Rcstotcr, patent medicine that hc
bought OF n drummer for 81 cents u
gallon. II WAS harmless stuff. an II
same IN nine different color, NJ thai,
women that ~; urrd o. ,akin' blue med.
icine year AFTER year could have red OF
WALLER for change. Customers ,ha,
didn't like 10 pay much 60, the Re-
ssotcr. an others got the sour mash or.
perhaps. a mixture. used Ia lini tina,
tie corn Juice with "a little blu. Re
storer made a very handsome remedy
for almost ANYTHING.
What with the sour mash an IN.
l,estotrr an tn. !orty.,iy.. Al did "A
rushin' business. an I'm bound 4, say
that the general health ~ til. commu.
nifty WIS never better. - IL went on
for mutc'n four y.at,. an Al wa. LAWN
up money when, Kind a. sudden like. n,
noticed n tallin II, IN Li, trade. Tn.
Res,or-r sold ~ well as eyer. but I'm,
back room WASH 1 NO full nights, some
%, his hes, customer, v.r., t,r,ppin' or
Their. wasn't no t,mper,ncc revival
u,iu' ,n nor an,thip' a. Tim, li,a ,,ud
Alwa, pur.lcJ. ~, ,b,,,.h, n.,t,,.
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