The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-13
MISCELLANY
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SAD NEWS FOR THE COLONEL.
Tragedy of an Attempt to Break a
Drought With Liquor Ten Miles Away.

Last fall" said the man with the
fishing tackle and the can of shrimp
bait on the rear seat of the trolley car,
'I went down to Chesapeake Bay, near
the mouth of the Potomac, to do bit
of shooting. Went to the place OF an
old Virginia gentleman-an ancient,
tumbledown but comfortable house
right close to the water.
'"The place was about 40 miles from
the nearest railroad station-the station
at Fredericksburg-an 10 miles from
the nearest township. The old gentle
man lives there all by himself except
for couple of darby servants and
lot of dogs.
He's got enough slowed away to get
along on, and he has more fun by
whole heap than plenty of US people up
this way with all our wealth beyond the
dreams of avarice.
He had a couple of other friends
down there with him when L arrived.
We put in the time shooting during the
day, and absorbing things and playing
cards at night.
zone night, along towards o'clock,
while we were playing a little game of
draw, the Colonel-he was a sure
enough Confederate Army Colonel
discovered that the whiskey had run
out. He looked crestfallen and cha
called down stairs:
"fYou Mose-come up hyuh.'
1.-THE Co,onel's old darby man-serv-
ant came shambling up the stairs di-
rectly.
Nose said the Colonel, Just you
throw saddle ovuh Black Bess. Take
the saddle pockets along, and the two
demiiohns, and ride like the devil ovuh
to the sto' and have 'em filed Zeke
ovuh theah knows the brand of liquah
1 want Shake yo' old Se'f, now, yo'
Nose. and get back heah uh-climbin'.
1.-THE store was four miles away, in
clearing.
after the Colonel had given the old
darby his orders and Nose had depart
ed, we sat down and resumed the game.
The Colonel didn't exhibit much inter-
est in the game. He looked ruefully at
our untitled glasses, for his hospitality
is remarkable, and it was plain that he
considered that he had injured US be-
yond measure by inadvertently permit
ting the liquor to run out.
'fWell, gentlemen he said about
half an hour after he had given Moses
his orders, that niggah's now bout at
the top o. the hill, and, subs, that
miauh, Black Bess uh'll ca'hy him like !
a streak O. creased lightnin'.'
''Ten minutes later he fidgetted about
in his seat and said
NOW THAT nBSuH IedCueu lile olo
pine tree, and goin' like old Ned
'At the end of an hour he was pretty
nervous, and he said mournfully:
at didn't expec' that nigguh t get
back hyuh in houah, but jes' told him
that { make him shake himself. He'll
be back in thutty mo- minutes, though,
suah.'
1--WE did the best we could to assure
the old gentleman that we weren't
bothered in the least by Moses stay,
and we all said that we weren't partic-
ular about the liquor, anyway-which,
/ grieve to state, wasn't the case at all. /,
But we wanted to relieve our hosts
anxiety.
Eat the end of an hour and half,
when the old Colonel was barely able to
keep his seat, he was so worked up, we
heard clomping up the stairs. and the
Colonel rushed to the door,
THAT you. Mose?' he called down
the dark hall.
"'Yessuh, replied the old darkey.
''The ColonePs face took on an eX-
preston of beatitude
q, Well, did you get it, Mose% he
asked the old serving man.
mo suh,' was Moses reply. 'Ah
hain't dun foun' de saddle yit, subj