The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-05


happy with a half satisfactory sense
that it was the dIty of a virtuous PER-
son TO be more or less unhappy He
found himself sncering inwardly IT the
same roysterers with whom he had been
so often the most bOisterous. Every
time he refused a drink his bosom
swelled with appreciation of his own
superior viii. ono night in the secrecy
Of his own room he tried 10 swallow a
jigser of brandy. 1t nauseated him The
next day he scandalized the porter by
ordering him to take every bottle and
lug of liquor out of his room and smash
it.
In few days he began to wonder why
his appetite for did food didn't return.
lie was well over mis- spree Of New Years
eve. but he couldn't eat He TEMPTED
his palate with all the fine dishes thar
had delighted it before. but he couldn {
so them" After eating a fat lamb chop
he wnthed for FIVE hours in a strange
uueasiness that he could not understand.
He acquired a habit OF condescending
nauteur with his old friends and they
began to quit him He incurred the sud
den hostility CT Billy Mangan by de-
hvering TO him a lecture about the vul-
garity of drunkenness
Go way back and take 2 think for
Yourself, Dickson" roared Manean.
Three weeks ago your normal condition
was one of alcoholic delirium. I'm no
dTunkard. but 7 hope the day viii never
come when III Re a minciHg. pulling.
sniveling dyspeptic such as you have be-
come"
But Dickson only smiled and walked
airily away. IN a month Hampdea was
the only chosen friend Charley had. and
he was absent from the CITY. Charley
began to long for companiouship. and
with the longing came a realization that
lac didn't FIT in" with his former friends
any more. Even the women began 10
talk seriously with him about church
and reforms: the world that had been
radiant. if not lurid. for him began 10
look gray and quite onirous 70 his brood
ing mind He took 10 = yege tartan diet
ara was becoming accustomed 70 Al all
perTa iing tired feeling that Welded only
n the energiziag consciousness that his
ncw mode Of life was yCnd reprcach
Sometimes he veaTueG for the old yieor
the old animal intensity that made red
1qac- taste god to his 1avenesss ar
petite ana gave favor and SAVIOR to his
meats and salads Somehow. he Thought
every thing had lost favor siuce-- ,
Since whst2 Was IL his New Years
resolution or The loeket dangling az his
lob lie grabbed Il. thinking Ct The old
riofous n5lu1v davs before dvsreusia ~
mind arc body had seized hinl he
walked "a his pier glass and gazed at
his sallcw face. the drawn. snaerfrz
mouth tie critical. uafriendiy eyes that
seratiaiz=6 him.
7 dom know what look most ikea
saint. . hvproCrite or 2 fool he irur-
raur3ed I'm thirsty and 7 cant drink.
IN hungry and I can't eat Why Il the
detH cant . man Be virtuous wlfhout
hetaE an ernsciated. storsckless 38 -sazs.
X ] tncrght TINS fool amulet II Haup-
Ger
He pulled e oas. Cob. watch auI AL.
=az@i AZ II 2 -noment ard thea ln sud-
aeu fur7- dashed * Al his ov-n lace II fhe
mirror.
What the dsgsi 10 ven means'' rcarea
H-nnier. jgnpiRg - hls fee1 ard crop
u-rs -le morning uarers-
Dickson Toze uu gszed 81 gre nrczen
-rirror swallowed las aEsin-he ~ , eaIn
auss atterSes7 his hrelkfast s5se Is starved
-int
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clutrere1 E.lh ngs rsoaFh fsit - sr9s and
11ltessa toass I've brokcn ny r. rrar
ans mashed mv watrs. afat the 1o<<ef
soar sarue1 'a-uzfet j. safe EIck = nrs
a1d keep j u aas no cham for ne
JOHN Il 2-AFTEF.T