Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-29

IN front 0f ms. Some of them fer
safety sake and some Ter shame sake, >
ana Jim furthermore said We ought to
wear the memory Of them disgraced
and wicked days about us as al an
Gent sailor or some OLD salt. wore
dead goose about his necl, rs keep
sake that be had been low down and
sinful
But Grlnaards as - all certainly
Mas anu what is more yergin' clOst
onto tein' bar-fer-keeps, old drunk
ards "a y.as no likely salvation for, we
want aay OF us So very happy and
comfortable and easy into our minds. at
tbe begianin' OF that night year ago
in Hank Hdrmou's blacksmith shop
;n The alley, jist off the Rudy-some
ming, builygard in the city of Sardin-
apolis where We boys lived. We put
be moss blanket over the gapinest
cracks 10 6eep the Wind rum farm
Dat n s;Gulty lamp that stood smOkin
ana w01bly on an old table where
Hank wit his accounts, amongst a lot
81 nails ana bolts and rivets and small
seas q, aitb a jug Of Joe Howard 3
cheapest. hejlishest whisky In the mid
lie Is . kind OF devil center piece o.
can't !. and can't all OF Us cronies jist
re nle nlbeg exactly. how that jigeiy
'sembiy, dirty old IA bic looked and
agu bound that it had the delirium
rsemaDs Il anything in the world bar
fir MAR can have them. I can smell
tht o5 chat Hank spilled when he
ail@d ;he lamp with his nervous.
-ha!,r hands ard il run along amongst
fiie a.a iron and under Hanks day
eeoE and dropped over the edge onto
tle floor and went down crack. And
there Was he white Jug with the blue
lette.in' II gal. - with a sheaf of blue
wheat below 70 make if look tasty and
sell
Ara tuis Was our New Years table,
F9iu men made in the image OF God
And nlen for their folks and neigh
hDrs to be proud of-except they was
Jrgakdics. There was Jim Cameron,
one, me- Two; Jim Green, three
whose father had been a preacher
a-a Hank Harmon. as owned the shop.
A. satG re ga At over happy and
comfortable that night. considerin' We
had such Il reckless layout and an
carly start / have frequent noticed.
that tou can't always kick conscience
under the table OF settee as you can
an uaruly dog that Whines and barks
when he has no call to. Ana some
iica conscience has a habit Gf gettiI
::0ri.G ahu in the way ON such dOiu'
idys is NeW Year, Christmas and the
ike. Ind four cOnsciences as hadn't
had their Just deseryin's nor innings
for inanr i month. slipped their halters
tuaf might year ago and managed to
make ,Giass unpleasant for their own
ers suspect the troubled waters
mentioned in the scriptures means
>omethia The this. But an. way We
Ea, troubled Onaccountably.
Not - onaccOuUtably either. for We
..sn'' % Gle and hardened ana crusted
sin and crinkin', But what we all
.Duil ,hink when We give ourselves a
caanee. which We made sure not TO 90
over frequent because it was not
.@.tsaLie.
0ne .tling that made Us feel a trifle
3owl and dismal was hat the keeper
Il the Happy Home saloon, Joe How
a;i, had jist moved . day or SO back
cut ~ MS old house down by the gas
works and he tannery, into his hand
-3u.e ne~ residence frontin' the park
tad Tie library bmIdin 1t was the
r.ettiest fastest, irnposinist house in
go. circle aud he bad made every dol
| I.r cf il cut Of such fellows as nue. and
;Ge rest VI us.
AnG then jim Cameron had moved
trat very day New Years day-from
ne nome his father had given him
| ana every brick and board in il was
| Ike a liyln, lOyin' thing TO Jim-had
| moved into a little old untidy frowsy
| house with bowed in ROOF and anglin
| shutters. in part Of the town where
| self-respec;in' folks didn't generally
| try to get And Jim knew, and we al
| knew that he aud The rest of us and g
| lot more had built Joe's house in the
| park and that every nail in It IL II
| was counted q dozen times. wouldni
| count up as many ner d tenth as many
as the tears shed fer its putin up
| We caiIated that one OF us had hand
cd enough hard earned money over his
counter to pay for the grand stairway