Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-07-17
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all they might have been Indeed,
and my general appearance wes
too true an index TO my luck per
haps, but the temptation was too
much for me. ] have noticed that
temptation is always very strong
when ii happens 20 be in line
with inclination. Mrs. Musshsck |
had several awful dreams and u
terrible attack OF neuralgia to
keep ne at home that day, but
they were unsvsiling. AS l start
ed she cried out to nalf the adloln-
ing ownship-"G Going anyhow,
are you? You Will never SEE me
agaiu, Mossback ;his pain will
Kill ME before noonl You will be
thrown into jail, and | shall be
buried in disgrace. Oh, my poor
young children! ! wish they were
all old enough to escape the cruel
ties of a step-motherl farwell,
old Messy" She closed with a
sort of hysterical staccato, and |
walked away humming barbara
Allen. Somehow, when Sally
Ann calls me old Messy, / feel
that her neuralgia is getting bet
ter.
! | walked to Lancaster, being too
lproud to ride in conveyance not
my own, and too poor to keep an
equine of my own for such occa-
sions. On my way l passed the
farm of a Republican, whose po-
litical rancor is always up in the
nineties of radicalism. He was
cutting wheat, and hailed me. He
asked what | would charge to help
him that day. l told him [ could
not consider it, as l had started to
the celebration. "Ah, come now,'
said ne, impudently inspecting
my attire over the fence; "you
can't afford such tomfoolery,
Mossback. You need money rath-
er worse than amusement. Over
the fence with you and I will pay
lat the rate of dollar and half
q day for what you do"
Since my nights in the hazel
brush while thesswar was in prog
ress, my days In the harvest
, field have not been many. Rheu-
matism and DYSPEPSIA do not dis
pose to industry. But this began
to sound little like an induce
ment. Probably his necessity
, knew no reasonable bounds
"Make ii two and a hail." ! said
efte, some hesitation, intending
: to add in case he should comply
"and bring out some ice-watel
and fan" But he went into 8
. rage.
"That's it." he beloved. "Likt
ali the rest OF the moIe-eyed Dem
: ocrats, everlastingly demanding
, and never doing, On the road tc
the poor house, you vapor abou
, palaces. You vote for fifty cents
! a day, bat demand two dollars
!, and half. # your free trade
: idols were i'll power, you would
Y be living at the county's expense
Yes, go on!'' he roared as [ starte,
Iaway in dignihed anger; ego on
j land tell all the little free trad,
Il jacksnappers at Lancaster hoV
e the rawhead and bloody bones o
n protection enable q Repu blical
4 to insult Il losfer ike you by offer
Ing living wages. They nigh
i work it off in three. for-a-nicke
harangue with bristling effect"
i Being naturally slow to anger,
5 resolved to whip that Radical OF
II my way home that evening, bu
y fortunately | forgot all about tn
n case except that he is considera
/ bly, larger than [ am. TrouEl
has impaired my memory yer,
II seriously, but very bad recollec
n ton is a very good thing some
r times. However, [ yet can recol
e lect things that never occurred a
o. vividly as any party wheel-hors
at Lancaster
[ suppose the last rose of sum
J mer meyer could feel half SO lone
: ly and disconsolate as [ did at tn
y cele bration. | had no money wit
b which to procure my customer
g constitutional, and besides ha
resolved to decline all the offers i
: that line of generous or designin
y acquaintance. | felt that my Liz
# erty was largely dependent upoI
s keeping above the most remot
q suspicion of inebriatlon. By nat
ure extremely self-conscious, m
IL habits and misfortunes have in
e tensitied the weakness to the poir
Iof actual agony. Wander wher
l would on the ground, [ was
Il at ease. Haunted bv former 70
IS lies and dogged by the malice {
n the Multums, | was q wretche
,e mortal whom fends might hav
- pltied. Not fewer than q thous
'o and times | wished / was at home
'e using bad grammar while Mr.
1T Mossback used the rolling pll
h Such a state CT things would hav
N been decidedly for the better.
4 would thrust my hands into m
:" pockets for comfort and Instant
" iark tham ont for nnlitnnass