Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-04

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 It was q sore hearted and very an. gry Joe who found himself alone soon
 after beneath the frosty winter stars,
 the snow creakins In discords beneath his feet
 Its no use" he said to himself bit tcrly. No one cares whether I'm on the water wagon or not That girls just been batting me on; she doesn't care for me"-and he knew the thought was untrue while he formulated it.
 II know what I'll do. I'll go down to Joe Byers' and get soughed. No use trying to do the right thing; nothing in It. Nm, but drink will taste good.' It occurred to him that n drink would never taste as 1t did before he met Mary, though.
 Joe's ugly reflections kept his eyes off his path, and jolt to his shoulder brought him up standing. He had walked under an iron stairway which asccnded to the second story of q quaint little brick store an obstruction which the stream of progress had not washed away.
 An are light near by shonc brightly on the scanned and srizzled wall Ab- sentmiadedIy rubbing his shoulder, he Was stepping back from beneath the stairway when his eyes scnsed some thing unusual OH the wal and he StaaSH3 to examine il.
 There sheftered- by the steps above from tija sif59 =:5sl 6le worst Of the fHe=t, Iitta claap of @rs5s. 9 bare fear s517Fa.= eHF mechanically Tha cold had WffaeFe4 tHe ttRs hut tha R7#rt ef Gia al=at Aas Nieaf4a No e8et.t=ea#.= zaz f a4urisdea. aDpar- elli5. G'l .7z7 H=ai. =saft iaef,=5r. fem- ela EGafs.t 8 tI gr8ss. witch stood ouf ia minutes daf5a hea4#a the st.#aafs= =eies=s.= 6t. Ha51 T =lI llrfous s9' a.35ltH a.#fef5d td f5=f8o4e
 HH# =1==l52 s#,sa4 =I.zlza : dozen F. 6a .zt z seaa qu. lie 5fs.5a fo lzad a.Ie# e.t#ia fl H8 himself. s}z.J3. h. =tFaz rz=l =laf. Iade HdHrfl of sraz5 has &9t fp=szit than 6H8e' tt's ei4#a tAiRrzef to help it oot eFa2 The Ior9l put ted see,l on earth to STOW. He djdn't &39 Find q Hjee rich soil somewhere. gyew If you feel ike if and quit when you get dis. coHHa@ed. No. sir. He just conlmand ed if to be what it,s made 10 be and bN thunder, that seed didn't ask any queStious
 And here l ann" he went on ill wholesome self scorn, "a great big hn1l I'm supposed to have .cm-laying down like q hound pnp when things don't go to suit me. Mary, little sweetheart, that bunch 0 grass was a missionary Set t0 growing out of d brick wall just to show me what I chump l al. Well, Eve found out in timc No booze for me. And if you SLY six years instead of six months I'll yait for you and be ptond 10 do it." With a light heart he turned homew&r1.
 Joe met a diminutive messenger boy at his own front gate. "Yer name TeMple?' querfed tha youngstrr This is fer you tfcn.9
 By the lHht ofe a single l& seh he read the Aa:2f message:
 Can't soa=eo oVor Joe2 aIa4be we ctlz otnp prom MARY.
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 "les. but i'd deliver il myself" came hatt to ia.;ss.
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