Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-29

i've NlSlltu lue H. N. u. UeduCl udIleTS
b couple of hours in the evening,
d are we were made welcome with col
r. song and salad and marmalade. |
BAL long remember our evening there
nang the future judges and physicians
nd governors of the Union; the young
b. in whose hands Mr.. Blaine and |
hll soon have to place the welfare of
b. common country.
Hon the train we saw a student with
b most phenomenal chrysanthemum
kng that ever met. His hair else
Ehere was short, and he wore the slight
n little silk skull cap that fitted him
= bald head, but over his brow this
fiN and storm tossed bang boiled up
b the most wonderful prOfusion and
wavei to and fro like a bunch of straw
b'red asparagus gone to seed.
After looking him over | decided not
b put the welfare of our republic in his
Ahuis
Several gentlemen in the smoker were
Hlhus how they had sworn off from
rtr.ain things the other day. Il have
sFom off in the matter of wet pool"
Rit a travelling man.
4 And what Is wet pool:" the student
Fiih the bang and a chaEeron was heard
a inquire.
1T Is pool at the end of each game of
Fnen, said the bagman, as we call
Pen in England, 1.-THE loser has to stand
D. grog.
And what made you swear off" came
r Urdllke voice Of the boy with the
noiseless bang.
Well. last Thanksgiving | was sort
4 PracnclnS with the pool balls when
~, TIM man strolled up to the table
r. asked if I'd like to play. l said
n and we played one game, which
p On him, and he drummed on the
TO- with the butt of his cue and asked
r. what 1t would be. | told him, and
n had the order filled. So it went on
r. We had played twenty-seven games
I wet pool | did not sell any more
t''Ns That week, and when | got ready
n 90 az u again | found out at the hotel
Puc9 That my tall, thin adversary had
p lAree days in his grave.
Nhen play now it is for the natural
tAIn,''ara,1on VI the game. and the most
~ pool there is is the pool | prefer"
nave sworn off from drinking in
I l5 Store any more" said large, pow
'.'' man. who handles millinery goods
'ae Kerosene circuit in Kansas. 81
t''y To- make Kansas twice a year, and
4 I'D NA'W OF course that there the pre-
,,''.Du business runs largely to VIM
'''.'. tonnes and the frumenti side of the
- .'. .l'la...2pnla, One evening we gath
.' '" 'de back room CT a drug store,
,.''' '' ns-Elis, who handles overalls;
,'s-i. selling grain elevators and
~ ''po's by sample, carrying three
.'-'A' with street numbers on them in
'.'' %. names. and myself. We took
D., vine three times around. skipped
.''. round, because | had promised.
=. VILE before left home that would
,. o. ouch liquor of any kind-unless |
- ''+... 10 very much indeed.
Ellis Went home with me and Bas-
I'M mn Went to another hotel at the station.
!, - SAored so in his sleep that l tried
~, wake MN up, but couldn't, so got
4, " 'Au emptied the ice water all over
@ ,'., ~ mead. Then | poured the contents
y, ' "a. o'S pitcher on him and got him
5- h, D.S lset. | gave him everything
Gu ',t NJ my yalise, including package of
,i I,-..'''A baking soda and a mustard
rs 49, That was Christmas present
H.. hun my wife. Just as | got him so
,aI ' . could walk him around the room
a., AL anew that he had given me a gen
d. '''e" OF what his diet had been for a
n! = o' TWO, there was a big racket in
Ii .- 'I,''! and a pounding on the door. A
81, .3c'or rushed in, and with him a
,1aS 1.',7 drug clerk. The doctor rum
7su around among Ellis vitals with
~ T,Y'ilacn pump, and finding that, bar
TO-, lew follicles and the everyday
81 OIL his stomach, he was pretty
t5, ,t'y' he got his breath and told us
,bs ny Dascom was dead and if Ellis got
MI V1Sh 1t would be due to my wonder
h. ,oreslght, for the clerk had given us
A"uum the last round by mistake.