The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-23

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 'sIm al right, pals, " he gaspad once, this h the thing to strengthen the muscles of tbe larynx- "
 "WeI. you take the cake i'' cried the esp.sin.
 "Oh, Pm good psseked enough, " p1rsaed the sufferer, with broken utteraroe. ssBut t do seem bloom in hard to ne that 1 should be the only party to be dowL with this form of vice, and the oaly one to do the funny business. l think one of your other parties might walk up. Tell a fellow something"
 esThe trouble is we've nothing to tell, my son, returned the captain.
 fI'll fsi- you, if you like, what l was thinking" sad HerT5ek
 "Tsll us anything" said inc clerk. 'sI only want to be reminded thai l aia't dead. ,"
 Herriek took up his parable, F. ing on his face and speaking slowly and scarce above his breath, not ike man who has anything to say, but hke one talking against time.
 Well, l was thinking this. he began. 9I was thinking l lay on Papeete beach o0e night-sll moon and squalls and fellows coughing an ] was cold and hungry and down in the mouth, and was almost 90 years Of age aud had spent about 220 of them On Papeste beach. And ] was thinking wished ] had ring 10 rub, or had fairy godmother, or would raiEe Beelzebuo. And l was trying to remem5er how you did il. l knew you made d ring of skulls, for 1 had seen that in the "Freis- chutz ' and that you took of your coat and turned up your sleeves, for 1 had seen Formes do that when he was playing Kaspar, and you could see (by the way he went about it) 1t was business he bad studied; and that you ought to have something to kick up 8 smoke and bad smell-I daresay a cigar might do--and that you ought to say the Lords Prayer backward Well, I wondered if I could do that it seemed rather feat, you see. And then l wondered if I would say it forward, and l thought l did. Well, no sooner had l got to world without end, than l saw an old man in a pariu and mat under his arm come along the beach from the town. He was rather favored old party, and he limped and crippled, and all the time he kept coughing, at first I didn't cotton to his looks, l thought, and then l got sorry for the old soul because he coughed so hard. 1 remembered we had some of that cough mixture the American consul gave the captain for Hay. It never did Hay a ha' 'porth of service, but thought it might do the old gentlemen's business for him, and stood up. 'Yoranal said l. fYorana' says he. Look here, I said. I've get some frst-rate stuff in bottle it'll fix your cough, savvyi Harry my" and I'll meas. ure you out tablespoonful in the palm of my hand, for all our plate is at the bankers So l thought the old party came mp, and the nearer he came the less took to him. But had passed my word, you see"
 "Wot is this bloomin' drivelf" ;nferrunted the clerk nIt's ike !