The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-08-06

TIE FAIRY CREATURE WHO POSED FOR 1T.
thinkin' that the old chaps soul was
fairly swinmin' in benevo!ence when
he observed:
at has happened to me very often
that I wished ! could play the game OF
poker, in order that | might point out
to my fellow men the wickedness Of IT
and thereby keep them in the narrow
road. Does It happen that you can
teach ne? Now and then [ come
across a mortal who has lost his all
on ace-fulI by bein' confronted with
four tens. He nourns and mourns
and I cannot comfort him"
Il nave occasionally played a game
in order to send Il few dollars to the
heather Of Africa" I said. ANY other
object would of course be unworthy of
our noble CALM"
"Of course. We labor to lift up the
downtrodden and soothe the disconso-
late. Get thee down and take a seat
on the greensward and teach me the
game that has brought so much sorrow
to the hearts of humanity"
Another Look at His Face.
AS l. NCSCCiINiCA ILOHA4 IL "oSOA l. SSI
another look at his face. BenevOlence
had been replaced by cupidity, and in
a moment | was on to his little
scheme. | went ahead, however, and
explained the value Of the cards and
advised with him as to the sort of
frozen look he must wear when he had
a poor hand and wanted to bluff. In
fifteen minutes lie was ready to expert
ment. | saw him iugglin' the paste
boards like an OH gambler. but |
placed my dependence on integrity
and said nothin'. After a few hands
in which honors were even, be got
what he had been signing for and
raised the ante four or five times on
me before the draw, When | found
myself with a full house | knew that
the African heather would have silk
undershirts for the summer. | raised
him until we had a hundred bones on
the blanket. and then he called and
showed a flush and a wallOped man.
l had scarcely gathered up the long
green when he was on top of me aud
had ne by the throat. For three Or
four minutes it seemed as if ~villafny
must triumph and virtue take Il lickin.
but then | rallied and turned him over
and sat on him and chUgged him and
plunked him and batted him and swat
; ted him. and when l let up Oh him he
was Il man with no ambition left. !
believe he was sayin' SOmethin' as |
left. but I passed it by and said to
myself that a good man may some
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tegrity comes gallOpjn' up to put fresh
beef into his struggles.
Before goin' further | wish to warn
the public that an individual WithOu;
the fear of bein' kicked 20 death by q
mule before his eyes has put upon the
market what he calls Sister Mary:
Alleviator and Is seekin' to carry tht
Impression that I have gone out OIL
the business Of cheerin' and alieviat:1
fufferin' humanity
Let no one be deceived.
Sister Mary is not my sister. She !:
not a sister to any L else.
have not sold ont to a trust or an!
one else.
Only True Alieviator.
My a~lleviator is the only true allevi
ator in this world. It has cheeret
and cured its millions and is still I,
the business.
Put up in pink wrappers to lool
like strawberry ice cream. and tn
corks stick out of the bottle half al
inch, so they can be drawn with TIN
teeth.
II you have lost a horse or a COW
take n dose.