The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

when I was released. It was in the y
Leland County Jail. and there met I
Shorty. Shorty got religion from the
Sunday school reading a lady handed q
in to us. He got affected by them up q
lifting words and the dnnkards fate
something emotional.
He comes 10 me and says, earnest
Yon amt walking in the light, are
YOUR say my business carries me
Tout nights mostly Then Shorty groans
and exhorts on till see the folly OF
my ways and groans with him.
shorty says: I believe you. my
brother man, believe your repent
ance is as sincere as mine is. Then I'll /
help Won. When | get out | know u
nice little business to go into, and
fFH take you for my partner.
shorty and me was released to-
eether Says Shorty;
All my plans is perfected, but |
lhttie capital to start matters must be |
forthcoming. We wait till night and |
Its dark and in crooked street by
high board fence we see a prosper
Gus looking gent
You hold him and III go through
him. says Shorty, Which pleases me
very much. Most Of them that gets
9 converted Is narrow and preiudiced,
/ but shorty is Of the broad-minded
q Kind. But we only lift three eighty
! Ave Off him an dtake a sneak right our
! in The country. where our business
I interests is.
In the morning we meet our tlrSt
customer out on the road. He's a
T young fefler, ana Shorty says:
y MY unfortunate fellow-man- viii
at YOU come along with he If ! give you
4 80 cents and take YOU 10 place where
y YOU can get AL much more and tobacco
z and heer?'
e "That lads reply II to cling 50 close
~ 10 lis it's hard walking. By afternoon
- We have six more hohnes In process
~ sion and can't get no more 70 do bust
- ness on, because we give them nifty
4, apiece and ii uses up our capital.
0' Halt, says Shorty. We're in from
lc Of the country barber shop, which i
ne also d saloon and candy store am
Esells cheese. Here Shorty draws q
afe his procession, A little Fat man dart
II out to Ills.
ae Hello tie says to Shorty. The
od- you really gone In the business yo
was speaking of last time I saw YOU
afn seven Of them? what YOU want H
oaa the seven?
Inn Here's the g1uls. all delivered
loas you. and want nlg price, which
IN tl50 apiece for thsm says Short
mi And Thu boiler that goes up from U
little man III heartrending.
u "sThere amt no consideration I
aea others Ill business matters, "a
iofs shorty. Il had to pay them spmethil
afel III dome aleng, ANA | must make i
as'a prsfit, mustn't Il Then here's !
NJ PARTNER To share the proceeds Tbs
Sea Il sou won't ray me my price,
NV zoes fiji Batsey's Attention, boy
ola5 Oh don't think Of going %
eelf lody else! implores tho little fell
Alis It'll taka The goods at your price
aoas lands Shorty d dollar and q hail
VII each tramp. And the seven tram
loila Not knowing much of what Is gu
= on, ID lined up trying for all they
seh worth I'd make fine impression
III whoerer's going to be good 70 then
iehsa Well boys, says shorty you
tsni9 now arrested 30 make yourselves g
iaH Portable. This rs Constable Blathe
The little constable bows cringine
Them. You'1 be tried and senten
III Just d little while now
aVell. them seven breaks ranks
sets up boiler What are they
rested for? They want to know.
ut shorty haa betrayed them! Then
Ill lat them get at Shorty!
Hi Now. now boys pleads the
stable, .iiont carry on 50, please.
rather lcse the price | paid for
rhan hays any hard feelings aga
- : 80 - me iii Leland county, Always
= n. to treat the boys right II YOU DO
!" III go to ja'l it'il only nc for u
days Here aud be runs anne
tlan, passing ont a fiftyeent
oaE i'd carh. There's tobacco fcr
ifasslf aild, IL youl step inside and "
s'1ine rested like gentlemen there's
N WHY refreshing gass Of hcer- up, noN
, ba gentlemen.
A''Mh "And AS the goods we Just SOLE
y MN delivered Is assured they wen
ha ups more than three days on the char
" the vagrancy, they 40 inside with thf
" he stable, who rubs his hands, 8
'uid De they mustn't be mad az him 40
member they're gantlmen and
they have light or dark2
NC These cnnstables rs most kind !
~ tramps as you wee, because they
Them To come back and DO arr
may be dozen times during the
i I,,,n inner, While was mcditating
M the cup Of sorrows which had
I'd the dregs, II struck me that
rotrrr was good chance 70 make
\, Eanr living
". TITS then along comes the
~ He's a nice, fathcrly old fellc
grccts us cordial especially 4
who's been up before him befol
.,u Ill.,. MOI Gays shorty me ~
..,4 friend amt soing w again va