The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-29

wear the memory OF them dlsgraeod
and wicked days about ua as an an
Client sailor or some old salt. wore
dead goose about his neck as a keep
sake that he had been low down aud
sinful
hut drunkards as we all certainly
was, and what Is more, yergln' elost
onto bein' bar-for-keeps. old drunk
ards as was no likely salvation for. We
want any OF us so very happy and
comfortable and easy into our minds. at
the boginnin' OF that night year ago
In Hank Harmon's blacksmith shop
In the alley. fist on the Rudy-some-
thing. bullygard In the city OF sardln-
apolis. where we boys lived. We put
the hoss blanket over tho gapinost
cracks to keep the Wind rum DARN
oat tua ntun,ts teuau tnst a."oa etnnhs"
and wobbly on an old table where
Hank writ hia accounts. amongst lot
Of nails and bolts and rivets aud small
gearln'. with a Jug OF Joe lloward's
cheapest, helllshest whisky In the mid
die as Kind OF devil center piece. o,
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remember exactly. how that jlggly,
trembly, dirty old table looked and |
am bound that II had the dolirlum
tremens, II anything In the world bar
rim a man can have them, can smell
the oil that Hank spilled when no
filled the lamp with his nervous.
shaky hands and Il run along amongst
the old iron and under Hanks day
book and dropped over the edge onto
the floor and went down a crack. And
there was the white jug with the blue
letterln': Il GAL" with a sheaf OF blue
wheat below TO make II look tasty and
sell.
And this was our New Years tablet
Four men--made In the Image OF Godl
And men for their folks and neigh
bors to be proud of--except they was
drunkards There was Jim Cameron,
one; me. two: Jim Green. three
whose father had been preacher
and Hank Harmon, as owned the shop,
As | said we want over happy aud
comfortable that night, conslderin' wa
had such n reckless layout and an
early start / have frequent noticed
that you can't always kick conscience
under the table or settee as you can
an unruly dog that whines and barks
when he has no call TO. And some
how conscience has a habit OF gottin
around and In the way on such doin
days as New Years, Christmas and the
| lla Aud fame anpuaI.un.a na h.dutl
had their Just deseryln's nor innings
for many month, slipped their halteri
that night year ago and managed tC
make things unpleasant for their own,
ers. suspect the troubled waters
mentioned In the scriptures mean
somethln' like this hut any way WI
was troubled onaccountably.
Not so onaccountably either. for W,
wasn't 30 old and hardened aud cruste,
In sin aud drinkln, but what we al
could think when we give ourselves
chance, which we made sure not to d,
over frequent. because II was no
agreeable
one thing that made us feel trln
down and dismal was that the koepe
OF the Happy Home saloon. Joe How
ard, had iist moved day or so back
out OF his old house down by the ga
works and the tannery, into his hand
, some new residence frontln' the parl
, and the library bulldln'. Il was tn
> prettlest, fastest. lmposin'ist house II
the Circle and he had made every dol
lar OF It out OF such fellows as me AM
the rest OF u.s.
/ And then Jim Cameron had move
: that very day-New Years day-fron
the home his father had given hin
D and every brick and board In Il wa