The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-12

he suddenly wondered wot e was 60
ing downstairs for instead Of up. and
larfing gently at Is foolishness for
making SIGH a mistake g went up
stairs agin. His surprise when e see
Dick Weed and Mrs. Weed and the
baby all in is bed pretty near took is
breath away.
"'Wot are you doing in my bed?'
he ses. his
Its our bed ses Dick, trembling
all over with rage. I've told you
afore you've come into the wrong
'ouse.'
Wrong 'ouse. SEES Job, staring
round the room. I b'leeve you're
right. Goodnight, Dick; goodnight,
Mrs. Weed; goodnight, baby
They 'ad the neighbors in then,
and the trouble they 'ad to get Job
downstairs wouldn't be believed. Mrs.
Pottle went for Is wife at last. and
then Job went 'ome with 'er like a
lamb, asking 'er where she'd been all
the evening. and saying ed been look
ing lot CT everywhere.
There was such a TODD about 1t in
the village next morning that Job
Brown was fairly scared.
HE wasn't like hisself that night
up at the Cauliflower. E sat up In
the corner and wouldn't take notice
Of anybody. and II was easy to see as
he was thoroughly ashamed Of his
self.
"'Cheer up, job says Bill Cham
bers, at last; you amt the fust man
as has made a fool Of hisself.'
mind your own business ses Job
Brown, and I'll mind mine
why don't you leave I'm alone,
BilT SEES Henery White; you can
see the man is worried because the
baby can't talk
"'Oh,' SEES Bill, I thought g was
worried because is wife could
"Tm going to give 1t up, Smith,
he ses, and I'll give five pounds to
anybody as'll prevent me tasting in
toxicating, ticker for a MONTH
"Bill Chambers wasn't satisfied then.
He pointed out that earning the five
pounds. and then getting it out O. Job
Brown afterwards, was two such en-
tirely different things that there was
no likeness between 'emt at all. Then
Job Brown got 50 mad g didn't know
wot d was doinE and. q 'anded. over
I'VE pounds to Smith the landlord and
wrote on the paper that lieawas to
give 1t to anybody who should earn
It, without consulting I'm iat all. Even
Bill couldn't think of anything to say
agin that, but he made a point Of bit
Ing all the sovereignS.l S,s-s5 j
F"Thefe was, quite = excitement Tor
\ a few days. Henery White'e got :
'eadache with thinking, and Joe Cub
bins, e got . 'eadache for drinking
Job Browns beer agin. There was
all sorts O. wild ways mentioned to
earn that Ave pounds, but they didn't
come to anything.
"Arter q week had gone by Job
Brown began to get restless like, and
once or twice . said In Smiths hear
ing 'ow useful Ave pounds would be.
He used to ask Smith for It every
night, and Smith used to give I'm the
same answer, until at last Job Brown
said he'd 60 an see q lawyer about
1t. That frightened Smith BIT, and
I b'lieve he'd ha' 'anded II over. but
two days afterwards Job was going
upstairs 80 careful that he fell 'd6xn
to the bottoms and, broke Is leg.
1T was broken in two places. and
the doctor said It would be q long Job.
owing to IL drinking habits. and q
gave Mrs. Brown strict orders that
Job wasn't to ave drop Of anything.
even II e asked for Il
"There was lot o. talk about II up
at the Caplinower 'srss and Henery
White, arter bad 'eadsshe. thought
OF q plan by which . and Bill Cham
hora rouI6 sava that Ave- uounAn