The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-26

the barkeep was in the strenuous George
class and the looks We're only worth
about seven mills as a medium of ex-
change.
do 1 drink?" growIed the rough.
mot until you show me things" re-
piled the starter of jags Now you hit
for the street or we will begin some
thing and the busy George reached for
the r,allet utilized in starting leaks in the
beer barrels.
"Youse kin save me life wild a drink, >
pleaded the rough as he stopped half
way to the door,
ION your way ,coldly ordered the bar
keep.
The ambitious youth who had signed
for a three-year practice term with the
prominent druggist had just opened up
the corner pill factory. 1t was Christ
mas morning. but the playing contract
did not call for any holidays and the am
bilious youth coupled onto the dust
brush.
He was hard at work when the door
swung OPEN Locking up the youth saw
q real rowdy boy pushing into the place.
IT was the pug ugly who had backed
away from the barkeep.
Give me some poison he growled as
he fixed the ambitious youth with fierce
look
-'.Waat do you want?'' stammered the
youth.
81 wants poison an I wants it quick,
see
The ambitious youth saw plain enough
and he felt yearni1g for the family
fireside beating against his young breast.
He wanted advice. If he gave the rough
a dose of poison he would put his little
feet on the path to the Jail house, ard if
he refused the rough his request he could
see where kind strangers would be stand
ing around wondering what manner of
wreck he had passed through
DO git de poison STUFF" demanded
the rowdy individual.
,-.'What-What do you want it fOr: ask
cd the ambitious youth.
II want ter start me finish. I'm dead
tired O. all this play an I'm goin' ter
cash in. Give me de poison now or L
will sure start something here, and
the bad man smashed his ham of hand
down on the glass show case.
The ambitious boy was standing be-
tween love and duty. He buried himself
in thought for brief second and then
decided to jump out from between
"All right, old man. he said, and
reaching for glass he turned on the
water under the soda fountain counter.
He ran an ounce of water into the
glass, and then reached for bottle on
the shelf. From this bottle he poured a
red liquid. With the glass half full, he
passed from one bottle to another, and
after replacing the last medicine tank he
returned to the rough.
do you still want to commit suicide?"
he asked, as he stopped beside the bad
man.
st sure do gfunted the rough.
ssWell then take this. Now throw it
down quick, or you won't get enough,
and instead of passing away peacefully
you will suffer terrible agony for hours.
The bad man was game, and reached
for the glass. Opening his mouth. he
raised the tumbler and poured down the
dose, and then
Pedestrians two blocks away heard
wild shrek, and the policeman coming
I'D on the run found the bad man on
the floor of the drug store, making wild
clutches at his stomach and bowling for
water.
whats the trouble here?" demanded
the officer.
ooh nothing replied the ambitious
future druggist tsThis fellow wandered
in here and insisted upon having poison.
He wanted to kill himself, and threaten
ed to clean out the place unless he Sc
cured what he wanted. 1 did not want
the place cleaned out, because l would
like to hold my job for some time longer,
so fixed him up nice drink that viii
settle his wild yearning to commit sui
eide
..What did you give him?" asked the
copper, as he prepared to telephone for
the wagon.
'sOh, just rather stiff dose of tincture
of capsicunf-just plain old-fashioned red
pepper, you know. He will be all O. Is.
in an hour or two and having explained
to the limb of the law, the ambitious
youth returned to the dust brush.
At o'clock Christmas afternoon the
plug ugly was feeling considerably bet
ter, but he still wanted water. the sui
eide idea was completely overlooked.