The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-23

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try at it, but it wasn't 10 20. I've got
TO say it. I'm heer to swear that eff
God or some'n' else don't show me a
way to pay you back fer what You
don't today I'll never draw n satisfied
breath. Alan Bishop. yo're a man-a
MAI from yore outside skin to the
marrow o yore bones. an If ! dont
find some way to prove what | think
about you I'll jest burn up. | got into
that trouble as t%houghtlcsS as I'D play
Il prank with my baby, an then they
all come down OH me an begun to try
e. drive-me like II hog out'n a field
with rocks an sticks. an the very old
larry riZ in me an detied 'en.
reckon thar Wasn't anything Bill could
dc but carry out the law. an knoweG
il. but | wasn't ready to admit il.
Then you come along an rendered a
verdict in my favor when you needed
the money you did it with. Alan. eff ]
don't show my appreciation it II be
bpcl'se | don't live long enough. You
never axed me but one thing. an that
WIS to quit drinkin' whisky. I'm goin'
to make II try ut it. not beca'se ! think
that II pay you hack. but beca'se with
a sober head | kin be Il better friend to.
yon Of the chance ever comes my way.
I'm glad to hear you say that
Pole replied Alan. greatly moved b?
the fellows ea~rnestness. Il believe
you can do it. Then your wife and
children
Hing my wife an children" snort
ell Pole. ITS you I'm goin' to work
%fr"-you. | say"
He suddenly turned through the open
gate and Strode homewnrd across the
fields Alan stood looking after him
till his tall form was lost in the haZy
moonlight. and then he went up to his
led.
Pole entered the open door of his
cabin and began to undress rs he sat
on the side of bis crude bedstead. made
Of Embarked poles fastened to the bare
logs in one corner of the room. His
wife and children slept on two beds on
Tie other side of the room.
Did you see i'm. Pole?' piped up
Mrs. Baker from the darkness.
YES. I. seed i'm. Sally. say. whar's
that bottle o whisky | had the las.
time | was ut home:"
There was m ominous silence. Out
OF il rose the soft breathing of the chill
dren. Then the woman sighed. Pole.
shorely you amt a-goin' to begin
agIuE'
NO: | want to bust ii into smither-
Gems. don't want it about: | don't
want to know thar's Il drap in the
house. I've Swore off. an this time She
Sticks. Gil me that bottle"
Another silence. Suddenly the woman
sliokp: Pole. you'vp sworc off MS man:
49, as u dog has feas. Often when
| feel Lad an sick when you are off, q
Zap o. hisky makes me feel better.
| don't want you TO destroy the last
Lit in the house jest beca'se you've
tuck this turn. that may wear off be-
fore daylight. The last time you emp
tied that keg ON the ground an Swore
off you got on IL spree an helt the baby
over the well an threatened TO drap
'er in eff | didn't find Il bottle, IN you'd
n done it too"
lCle Elu-Htu sOlltN. lCNhoh SoAC
right. ole gal" he said. Besides, eff
| can't-ef | amt man enough to let
III with Il bottle in the house | won't
TO il without. But the sight or smel!
of it is hell itse'f TO a lover of the
truck. Eff | was TO tell you what a
little thing started me ON this last
spree. you'd laugh. | went TO git d
shave in IL barber shop. an when the
barber finished he soaked my face in
bay rum an it got in my mustache.
| Kept smellin' it all mornin' an tried
to wipe it off. but she wouldn't wipe
All the time | kept walkin' up an
DOWN in front o. Luke Sellmore's bar
llnally ! said to myself, We'll, eff you
have TO have Il barroom stuck under
yore nose all day like a wet sponge.
on man. you mought us well have one
winu it ii taste better, an | slid up To
the counter"
The woman sighed audibly. but she
made no reply.
lis Billy awaken" Pole suddenly
asked.
No; you know he amt" said Mrs.
Baker.
"Well. | want to take i'm in my bed"
Pole stood u on the floor in the sheet
OF moonlight that fell through the open
Guor.
Il wouldn't. Pole said the woman.
"Ine pore little ~feller's been toddlin'
aU0ut after the others. draggin' bresh
to the heap tell he's tired. He drapped
10 s,eep at the table with a piece o
bread in his mouth"
Il won't wake i'm. God bless his lit
tie heart" answered Pole, and be
reached down and took the limp child