The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-03-09

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pleJack were doomed. The next day,
T!:on the group of old timers were gath
cred for the morning nlps, General
s.;oake said to the waiter:
Guess I'll have som apollinaris.
Don't feel vory well today
.Ja.son $ ginger ale habit was shock.
Soake failing a victim to the mineral
habit was q calamity. but when Major
l.eerfc!l c..iu,t.y, but with q eslyor
his voice, said .'Vicly. plcaso, ," liz
bottom dropped cut Of everything.
Everfull sighed and pua his haaa
YEARLY 70 his eyes, IS though to Elo5
out some horrible sight. Jagson leanel
General S3ai1a seemed fascinated hy the
trivia! action Of his friend. One moment
was given to thought, and then Jasson
Eiurted oat:
DO yocn eyes trouble you?"
Thus encouraged the general looked
from the RAZOR to tho colonel, then
from the colonel to the MAJOR, and IL Z
hoarse whisper hreached:
=sSeen anything queer":"
The mayor and colonel st;{fencd ard
seemed like woa.en men. Their aston
~aslinsent Was SO great they just had
strength to Gasp:
- what did you see?:"
,Spots, ty George, sir, shining sp4ts,
Ike devils eyes last night il my bed
rcon."
50 did T." quoth to major in
alarm.
4 saw t'aen days ago." chirea in
Jagson. That why / stopped drink
ing
'Gentlencn," interjectod tho fourth
member OF the Old Guard, Mr. Decp-
tank by name-"geEjlclnen, my wife
yesterday received calls from Mrs. Ma
jor Everfull and Mrs. General Soal.e,
and later il the day LErs. Colonel Jag
SOL came.
Nothing remarkable in that" said
Soake.
"Old frisnds, aims thcy?:" quoth Jag
son.
@"What'. that got to do with devils
eyes?'' put i'll Everfall.
"No ~offenso, gentlemen, no offcnsa at
all, I assure you, bat l think l see the
solution of this mystery. J. am willing
to sacrifice myself on tie altar Of loyalty
to you, and tonight I will so home So
ber-hem-but will pretend I'm q little
bit hit in the weather eye-er-will
stumble up the stairs, just acting, you
know, gentlemen, but on my honor I'll
be clear i'll the top story. A sacrifice to
do it, gentlemen, but the circumstance
require forgetfulness Of self.
With wonder the party broke up to
meet next morning. What has Deep
tank discovered that will lift this awful
pail? was the thought of the three af-
fiicted men as they YEARLY toddled
home. Gould the world ever come right
again?
Meanwhile the shades of night had
fallen, the hours crept on apace. but Mr..
Deeptank thought not Of home. He had
a mission to perform. and, though Sit
ting uD until 2 q. II. was nothing to
him, sitting up without grog was de.
cidedly unpleasant. Nevertheless he
fought the battle and won the fight.
Faithfully he refrained from nighteaps,
1ilo WHICH, tIS lIUOI vi . dI1lNtu HIT
heaved a mighty sigh. buttoned his c9a5
and made a line for home. When with
in sight OF his donicile, he put on IS
natural a jag gait as Il would wish to
see. He knew Mrs. Deeptank had often
told him she could see him staggering
along, as she put it, and now she should
have a chance to see him stagger.
kSTnc bod fn lo,o;v-o tho rriFa re r,,o,o
BOSOM, 'muttered the victim Of loyalty.
Too bad, but it's a good cause" and
then he began to ascend the steps with
al imitation Of profound alcoholism as
realistic in its effect as any genuine
Deeptank jag ever was. The keynote
was finally found, and Deeptank began
to have histrionic aspirations. There
was 10 one as yet to appreciate his abili-
ties as an actor, but within himself he
felt that citation which great actors say
is the highest reward of tho art.
Dccptank was the last to arrive tho
next day at the meeting place. He took
his whisky plain, as usual, but about
his eyes was an unusual twinkle, and III
his hand he carried q small round wood
en- box.
Gentlemen, he began i'll his nave,
apologize voice, q have made a dis
coyery. A deep conspiracy has been laid
by Il wives-pardon me, gentlemen,
but hear Ele-a deep conspiracy, l say,
.has been Matched to break down the Gus.
toms of our friendship, to destroy OR
pleasure III life. As you know, l had Il
theory yesterday That theory today is
a fact. Last night I saw those shiny
spots like devils eyes, but I was perfect,