The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-04-14

4 61I6at carry out the nI. adj fItSOEet
it, but wasn't readf 70 @h6St |it
Then you come along an rendered a
verdict III MY ffaepf MAe9 yoa tneedep
tss 19 saGp ~ 4 4 Ii 81 i
4 beca'se don't live long enough. You
never axehr me5bst enc tlIing. an that
was to quit drinkin' whisky I'm goin'
TO make a try at it. not beca Sc think
that II pay you back, but beca's with
| a sober head | kin be a better friend to
you eff the chance ever comes my way"
Fs'srm glad to, hear, you say that.
Policy replied Alan. greatly moved by
the fellows earnestness. II believe
| you eanrdo it, Then your wife; and
chiltlren"--RP ias' c.8-c 5es 5aa,. Alts
Hang my wife an chfldrenrr snort
ed Pole ATS you Pm goin' to work
,fer7-you, | sayT 4..'. L R79- III
He suddenly turned through the open
gatepand strobe nOmeward across the
fields. Alan, stood looking after him
Ftfll his tall form was lost In the. hazy
moonlight. and then he went up to his
bed &c ssg gsr ais 'c.sM
/ Pole entered the open door OF his
cabin and began to uhdress as he sat.
ON the side of bis crude bedstead, made
or Embarked poles. fastened to the bare.
logs in one eornerUof the room. His
wife and children slept on two bedssont
the other side of the room. aaaEags. !
Ibid YOU see I'm, fPoley' pfped up
/ Mrs. Baker from the darkness, . Az
seeiYes. / seed i'm. Sally. say. whar's
that bottle, q whisky I had the last
stimeF was at homer" 1sT .eJ s5 ESQ,
aEhere swas ain ominous silence. Ont
Of It rose the 'softibreathirIg Of the chill
dren.. Then the woman sighed. 'PoIe1
shorely YOU amt aigoin" to begin
aginT &C., ,.;-, 49,, 80 -
ne; want to- bust it into smither
9etis. hsdoittg.Want lit. about; / don't
want to know stharisaa draps-im tire
house. I've swore off, an this time she
sticks els me that bottles 74r1ati1e2
Another silence Suddenly the womah
spoke: Pole, you've swOre OF al, many
times as "a dog has fleasg.c. Often when
I feel bad1ans sick when you arezoff, a
drap % whisky makes me feel betterld
], don't want cyo1 to- destroy the last 4
bit in el,house jest beca,se you've |
tuck this turn, that may wear off be- /
forsSdaylight TIE last time YOU emp
tied that key on the ground an, swore
off you got on a spree an belt the baby
over 'the well an threatened to drap
''eI. in eff didn't find bottle an you'd
"a done it too" ki II kl
Pole laughed softly. (FISISckpn lyorF
right, ole GAL" he said Besides, eff |
/ can't va Idi#thpn $9qigfI to let
do il, withbddtg Ell he HIM Of smell
of it. is hell itse'f to- lover of the
truck Eff s1gwas to tell ayeu what a
little thing started me on this last
spree, you'd lddglf. 4 went to; git a
shave in a barber shops apc (. when the
barber finished he soaked my face in
baGFum, an it got in my mustache.
Lkept smaHnn it all n1ornin' an tried
toowipe it OF, but she, wouldn't wipe. 4
All the time I kept waikiki up an
down in trent o. Luke Sellmore'su barr 4
Finally ] said to myself, Wen, eff you I
have to, have a. harroorn stick. under
vote nose all, day like a wet sponge,
old man; you mohght as well have one
wAsr it n taste better, an 7 Slid up to
sThe woman sighed audibly, but she !
made no reply. 50 isds ga = 80 ~ %
!. us Billy aEake2" Pole, suddenly /
asked. 1cu Dig Gss0 q atag 81 ssG,w A
mo; you know he t,'s.said Mrs
PgEa, Ir ~ sa4Cc-fgg SRl.'. -1a Haf sc /
WeIliI want to take Inn in my bed'.
Pole stood out on the floor In the sheet
Of. moonlight that fell through the open
door. tsTo .ao" 3taeae lsr 42l 139
"a, wouldn't, Pole" said the woman.
1.-THE pore little fellers been toddifn'
about after the others, draggin' bresh
Eosthe heap tell he's tireff IHe drhpb9f 4
70 sleep at the table With la pred y
bread in his mouth" "a
~ WORT vas eflmf9od bless his lit
tie e heart"I ahM4kd LPaIe,' land he
kAkIJk taa IMP Enid
~, his arms and pressed him against
he side Of his face, He carried
across the room and lay
down with him. His wife heard him
altering endearing things to the un-
>dHscious child until she fell asleep.
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.noaCHAPrER XIII. .aIl.1r1
,SYYlS the middle of the followfngt
#l / week some, Of the young peo-
61zS6i pie of barley gave q picnic !
sSsNskl, at. NIarleK,s- snriRg. q .bealIti, L