Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-11-21
Cooked Out.

Jack Alden drank heavily while he
was In college, but we called hin, !.
good fellow. After he left college he
began TO drink heavily aud 10 be a
good fellow. but we called him drunk
ard When he was twenty-five years
oid' looked upon him as a lost man.
! believed that be would be a mere
sot AZ thirty. and that he would die
iniserably before he was thirty-iiYe.
we lost each other for some years,
ana then, after chance meeting in
New York, ! dined with him most han.
ply In the comfort Of his home and IN
the light Of a beautiful woman's eyes.
v lien that light was Withdrawn. and
We We're left 20 dim the remaining
illumination with haze OF tobacco
smoke, ] fell iniO deep thought upon
the agreeable failure Of my pholheey.
what had saved jack 1 might haze
sasd Il Was iis marriage. bli 1 knew
mat lac had fallen into the depths again
ses,h after. Hearing that report. aaa
l,iti'si her exceedingly. aud had Thought
Tue worst ~ Jack. fei ! could fiat
foubi that he MAS ~ last ia the sure
way. Knowing aim - A.Il felt thar
hol'le surprising Incident must have
eiihnsed The course VI bis life. aud ny
curiosity craged the story.
know what YOU'RE thinking aisout. -
said he. YOU'RE wondering Nlsy 1
am here instead " being ln tiie sai-
ter"
oh. no. Jack. said 4. nothing Of ibe
eorf. J always kilew sou Mould soine
cut all right You drank a liitle N
one time. 81 esufSe. but 49,
No ! didn't" said Jack Il npyer
drank little. I drank barrel. Mod
Grafton wasn't 10 nle. I Mas a drunk.
ard lived the life N q dnankand
did ihe death " a drinkara"
MsiapsfpricBilyF'
Literally. That lnas sound al,Snssd.
but u u only the irutl. NoEzhins but
death could sags me"
Not eyen-
No. n0i even Aiise
Ills eyes oiled with tear II iesider-
ness AZ the lneniion ~ bis Wits maine.
4 sas never ~ wrong dreaded =
lac continued, .as 10 suppose tiast q
mai can b. sare5 b. toye sIeilol Any
person who has had experiences NJ sub
matters knows that an addsd faosise
fpr sDbriesy il an added Temptation 50
The drnnkaTd. You sae = nian marry
and keep sober for a while. Jhsn sou
sse him take a drink agaln. l0U say
Il 4 because his love has paned with
the honeymoon. It's no sarb iiliBg
Al finst be does not drink isseanse iilr
novelty u the situation keeps his mind
of the snbJes-t. Marriage sssains like
a great vacation from she dizziness ~
life. And then lore grows stronger
tiil be- begins 10 realize Whist u H.. Tie
pres.iotSpess ~ his possession nereals
Itself 10 him. He who has more than
his due Is never free from fear. Whist
II b. io@r herf He reviews the dan.
gers. In the front rank 81 them b.
ases his appetite. And that IL the eisd
% him. A. soon as he Knows that
Il viii be absolutely fatal for him 20
touch a drop u liquor hs Is certain
10 do u, That Was my experience. aud
my sin Was the greater because
knew IL all beforehand"
yet you escaped the consequences.
'No: II killed me. as have already
kaid. ! win tell you the story. tOu
ran make a faroe-coDedy OF tragedy
out Of u. Just as yon like. u IL a
CHASTITY joke. Mother Mature II tbe
griIamest practical Joker. after al. and
this Ia the way she played ~ Oh ine.
But first ! must iet you into the mfs.
teties Of our early housekeeping. The
details ss-fn trivial. bsls they soDiTibsit-
cd 10 FINAL catastrophe.
Il began with the nsnsl dfziDkani's
balance the wrong side ~ ills
books. We took fat In that bong row
I pointed out 10 you a. We came 49,
town on the l. our furniture we pro.
cured on the iDstallmeni plan u was
not luxurious. 81 course. but sou should
have seen how pretty bospe Aiiee
made with II. There were weekly pay
menis to be met: and for q month og
more the rising sun and ! were equal
models Of punctualiiy. Then ] iet u
20 for q week. Nothing happene-d.
was somewhat surprised Of that. fof
my contract with the dealer had beeIl
more binding that the siiaskias ~ "
rael IN Egypt. Another week slipped
by. and another. Various CAUSES re
ducs.d cur funds 10 a low eab. Pres
emily owed $40 A polite collector
came. promised immediate settle
meni. and he departed. was 70 ~
ceive my monthly check from the Phil
adelphIn Office In a few days. and ] ~
lied upon that. Something delayed u.
/ borrowed 500 from John Ennis. and
as he gave me the cash be looked al
me IN q peculiar way.
lie thinks I'll 10 of on spree and
spend this money said ] 20 myself,
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