The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21
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AN HONEST HOUSEMAlD.
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BY THEODORE DAZZLE,
BY THEODORE DAZZLE,
T;f
MOI r EBENEzER MORGAN.

u .lN6 ~ lIS'i'N AAN w. 49, SNt ~
4 AVA was red, and he was con
9ol% verSational, and he knew
more about pork and beef than any |
ether man in that interesting city. He
had quarter of million invested i'll
pOrk and beef, haIfa million in railway |
stock and real estate, half million IN
steamships, and enough money at his |
hank to supply him, on demand, with |
all the blessings of this life.
His only trou :" was that be had
spasm0dic attacks CT loss or memory.
Now and again he would set out for
his office and forget where it happened
to be until he remembered that it was
fine TO 60 home; and when he set out
for home he would forget his name
before he was halfway, and in trying
TO remember his name he ceased to
rpcolIect where he lived. These were
only one or two effects Of his absent
mindedneSS. There were others.
"Sabna,' he observed to his dau@h-
fer one morning, I'm in putty con-
sid'able state. You Kin pack up for
Yarrup Til doctor he ses Eve got ter
cit. an l calc'late it's a machin' order.
TIL Morgan Castle starts FIN New
York Monday-guess we kin catch that.
I've teIpphoned f'r til upper deck
"The upper deck, pOppa." exclaimed
81 1npctNu1rl-
"Waal, | guess that's what l ordered,
now | cum ter think OF 1t; but you KIN
telegraph thet my idee war really tn
state cabin"
But | can't get ready, pOppa. l
haven't a thing to go in
Then you kin 60 around to tn stores
an tell 'em ter pack six trunks OF fe-
male apparel. assorted, by tn day after
tmorrer Thet'S settled. Now Ill jest
20 an fix up tibet there pork deal with
Jabe Skew, an then We'll git to New
York"
Sabina was Ebenezer's only daughter
.-bue-eyed and twenty-one. When her
IdluGT : IllIlu wa set VII Il tlih- SHN
knew it was of no use to oppose him
besides, she had long wanted to go tc
Europe. She therefore went to the
stores and ordered seven trunkfuls OF
ladies' attire. The stores packed them
and labeled them. and sent them for
ward to the Morgan Castle, and two
davs afterward Ebenezer and hi!
daughter were on their way to join TIT
trunks.
Guess I've forgotten them tha'
maldy-mer lOzenges. Sabina," he said
as they went down the gangway.
II have them, pOppa," she answered
Chiefs a good gall he said; and the,
went into their cabins.
Sabina came OIL deck few moment
.afterward to watch the boat cast he
mOorings. The vessel was going out o
the harbOr when her father 1OliOWe
eXcitedy.
Say" he shouted to the captain q
the bridge, say, cap'n, kin you sto
her minute while I"
The captain was buSy-and dear.
"Whatever'S the matter, poppa: ct
manded Sabina, anxiously.
WAL" he replied, I've ben fnssn
around with tibet thar JADE Skew, an
c0nSarn it all, I've clean fersot my ull
brelia.
"Oh, never mind" she SAID, sootllh'
~. 'YOu can get another When 20
reach London'-an assurance ~Afe
seemed to comfort him.
'Ihets all right he said. Jest &c
remember me not ter f0rglt. '''|
it'll rain. You never Kin tell"
It i
On their arrival in London they ~
UP at the Hotel Elysium. 1t was pro
ably so called because most America
III London stayed there. They saw Il
sights for month, and Ebenezef new
lost his memory once. or even hlmseI
Indeed on two occasions he went o.
alone and found his way back again
o. H., as he put it. This he regard'
as i feat.
Say, Sabina,~ he said one morning
breakfast, "we7l go long inter
Town this m0rnln an buy some q