The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-09
TIE DRuNKARCS S=HMGN
Addr..s.t &. to Two QlIsd Tou,ns in Sc,s
Oriraly Bar.

/ L vas eromirg late TIE iide of
| ifUrianity that caller 70 t2e evening
! hed ebbed ard f1~ed thfou2h tAe
streets Of the gr5at city q New Orleans
| hsd swept Haw&r2. leaving The strSnge
arc almost appaijing sense OF desola-
! tiol tH.: GENES when the noises o.
F.: tire tcwa ?ra GuShtd Iae electric
| i1gh:s dsred uQnoted on ths corners,
The street cars passed =! fsrth5r Inter
ysls. Doa aEt 'hen 3 nigh worker
! i5ursisG by. his fCo:Stews Raging out
! loud aGt cle&c n the Stiffness. II
'front.' u a saloon. whose lights shoce
! OFT bright aGd rudy across the pave
meDt, so 81 e tramp, unsaorn, ragged,
dirs7. Disgusting. He watched with
eaqious eyes he msn Who passed IL
! and ca t!roCgs! ;he swinging doo.s.
/ AID then turGej his eyes toward two
! ycuaE fel!oEs III evening dress, who
! we're con;ng Gowa the street toward
E;m They had been drinking deep
~, and tGey stopped h2iore tie saloon
door and locked curiousi y at hlp.
By Joge,' SAID oGe, think Of hay-
ing :. tiiiss: ike the. ard not the price
of an extinsuishec in your pocket
! B ats Oif Tanlalus 81 10 piec.s, e5!
! LIQUOR, liquor everywhere ana note
crop t. drink. He ran his hand il
his pocket a1d preferred The tramp
dime, but before 1t could be accepted
! the other young fellow interpossd.
Say he said, lets do the good
+; Samaritan and set Hobo up 20 good
/ drink. The other hilarousiy coa
seated, and tramp slcuched into the
saloon at the heels cf the two gjded
ycuths. The oarkeeper set before
them glasses end ig9or and, with a
; hand that sbook the tramp poured cut
| p brimU:ng eia,s and raised IL TO his
lips, S.or, c i'd one Of The you g
meD drulkenly; maze US g. speech.
| lis pnor liquor that doesn't uolscsen
; mans tongue The tramp hastily
swallowed down the Grink, and ss the
rich lou II coursed through his blood
he stralghtened himself and stood be-
! f:re them with q grace and dignity
t0a: all his rags and dirt could not
obscure. Gentlemen" he said, i
i0ok tonight al you ard at myself,
! aud it seems 70 me look upon the
! picture OF p1y los! manhood. This
! oloaled ;ece was Crce SIS young and
/ inaDdsome 8s yours. This shambtiug
| Il .ur5 walked as proudly as yours, .
man in wcrid of men. /, too, once
had home. aud friends, and POSITION.
;Ihad vile as beautiful as an artists
| dream, and I cropped the priceless
! pe&rl of her hcroc and respect IN TIE
| wice cup, aud, Cleopatra Ike, saw II
j dissolve, aod Quilted IL down IN the
| bcimming d-augnt. l had children
ssgeet an1 lively as the fJWers OF
+! spring, and | say them fade and die
und-c the Dligatlng curse OF drunk
ard T.ther. l haa home where love
| lii the fame upon tie altar and MINIS
| .ered oelore II, and pu! out holy fee,
aud darkness acd d7soiatlon rslgneo
(! in is stead. I Eac aspirations aud
! ambitious taa: Aoartd as nigh as the
morning star, and | broke and bruised
the beautiful Wigs, sud, at last
! sIransicd them .uaL In'gat be toctur
| ed win tEeir CRIES ne more. Today l
am a husband @!.Acut 3 wife, iatner
without cllid, d tramp with no nome
T.! 10 call his OWE, g man n wnom every
+! good impulse IS dead. All, ali swaI-
| lowed 10 Ia tae mselstcrn Of drink.
The tramp ceased speaking. Tae glass
teIl from MS nerveless fugerS and
sllver into Thousand fragments On
tae floor. Thes EiCging doors pushed
open aud shut to again, and wen the
lllIle group aoouG sne oarg looked up
the tramp vas gone.