Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-22

ami said. 'Gr .rl worthy duke. bring
before You i pilgrim who has drank Of
the ,ir,.--~ until hi, stomach won't hold
water and WHO desires IT, >w';r oil.
Thu grand m"-ul asked Inc II he
was worthy and We'll qualified. and |
told him that h~ had been drunk more
or less since the reunion last summer,
which ought to qualify him. Then the
grand mOgul made Pa repeat the most
blood Curdling oath. i'll which Pa agreed
if he ever drank another drop to allow
anybody To- pull his toenails out with
twcezcrs. to have his liver dug ont and
fed 10 dogs. his head chopped off and his
eyes removed. Then the mOgul said he
would brand the candidate on the bare
back with the initial letters of our or
der. 'G. T. that all might read how
brand had been snatched from the burn
ing. You'd added L. See Pa finch when
l pulled up his shirt and got ready to
brand him.
My chum got Il piece of ice out Of the
water cooler. and just as he clappcd it
on PAS back / burned piece of horses
hoof i'll the candle and held it to Pas
nose, and | guess Pa actually thought it
was his burning skin than he smelled.
He Jumped about six feet and said
Great heavens, what you dewin? and
then he began 10 roll over barrel which
| had arranged for him. Pa thought he
was going down cellar, and he hung to
the barrel, but he was on top half the
49,
through fighting, l was beside him, and
said. Calm yourself and be prepared
for the ordeal that is to follow Pa
asked how much of this dunn foOling
there was and said he was sorry he
joined. He said he could let Ticker alone
/ without having all the skin burned off
his back.
II told Pa to be brave and not weaken,
and all would be well. He wiped the
| preparation off his face ON the end of his
shirt, and we put belt around his body
and hitched it to tackle and pulled
| him up SO his feet were just off the floor,
and then we talked as though we We're
away off, and told my chum to look
out that Pa did not hit the gas fixtures,
and Pa actually thought he was being
hauled clear up to the roof. l could see
he was scared by the complexion of his
hands and feet as they clawed the air.
He actually sweat so the drops fell on
the floor. Bimeby we let him down, and
he was awfully relieved, though his feet
were not more than two inches from the
floor any of the time. We We're just go
ing to slip Pa down board with slivers
in to give him a realizing sense of the
rough road reformed man has to
travel and got him straddle of the
board when the Dutchman came home
from the dance, fuller'n goose, and he
drove us boys out, and we left Pa, and
the Dutchman said, 'Vot you was doing
here init dose boys, you old duffer. and
we're vas your pants? and Pa pulled off
the handkerchief from his eyes, and the
Dutchman said if he didn't get out in a
holy minute he would kick the stuffing
out of him, and Pa got out.
He took his pants and put them on in
the alley, and then we come up to Pa
and told him that was the third time the
drunken Dutchman had broke up our
lodge, but we should keep ON doing good
until we. had reformed every drunkard
in Milwaukee, and Pa said that was
right, and he would see us through if it
cost every dollar he had. Then we took
him home, and when Ma asked if she
couldn't join the lodge, too, Pa said:
Now, you take my advice, and don't you
ever join 10 Good Templars. Your sys-
tenn could not stand the racket. Say,
want you to put some cold cream on my
back think Pa will be different
man now, don't your"
The grocery man said if he was that
boys Pa for Is minutes he would be q
different boy or there would be a funeral.
and the boy took a handful of soft shelled
almonds and few layers of raisins and
skipped out.