The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-02

Bill couldn't think Of anything 10 ~
agfn that. but he made = point Of bit
ing all the sovereigns.
There was quite 4 excitement To-
. few days. Henery White e got ,
'eadache with thinking, and Joe Cub
bins, e got 'eadache for drinking
Job Browns beer agin. There wal
all sorts O. wild ways mentioned t.
earn that five pounds, but they didn'I
come to anything.
"Arter q week had gone by Jol
Brown began to get restless like, and
once or twice e said in Smiths hear
ing 'ow useful i've pounds would be
He used to ask Smith for It every
night, and Smith used to give Inn the
same answer, until at last Job Brown
said he'd 60 an see q lawyer about
1t. That frightened Smith a bit. and
I blieve he'd ha' landed 1t over, but
two days afterwards Job was COINS
upstairs SO careful that he fell down
to the bottom and broke is leg.
1t was broken In two places. and
the doctor said 1t would be q long job
owing to is drinking habits. and e
gave Mrs. Brown strict orders that
Job wasn't to ave drop of anything.
even II e asked for II.
There was lot o. talk about 1t up
at the Caulih0wer ere, and Henery
White, arter bad 'eadache. thought
of a plan by which e and Bill Cham
bers could ave that I'VE pounds
atween 'em. The idea was that Bill
Chambers was to 60 with Henery to
see Job. and take i'm q bottle Of beer.
and jist as Job was going to drink 1t
Henery should knock It out of is
'ands, at the same time telling Bill
Chambers e ought to be ashamed o
hisseh. rt..-
1T was a good idea, and. as Henery
White said. If Mrs. Brown was in the
room so much the better, as shed be
a witness. He made Bill swear to
keep it secret for fear of other chaps
doing it afterwards. and then they
bought a bottle O. beer and set OF up
the road to Jobs. The annoying part
of it was, arter all their trouble and
Henery Whites 'eadache, Mrs. Brown
wouldn't let 'em in. They begged and
prayed of 'er to let 'em go up and
just ave peep at i'm, but she would
mt. She said she'd go upstairs and
peep for 'em. and she came down agin
and said that e was little bit flushed
but sleeping like lamb.
Job promised that e would give
liquor up; but the fust day e felt able
to crawl on is clutches he made up is
mind to go up to the Caulifower and
see whether gin and beer tasted as
good as It used to. The only thing
was is wife might stop i'm.
You're done up with nursing me.
old gal.' he ses to Is wife.
~ am a bit tired ses she.
"'YOu 60, my dear SEES Job. I
shall be quite Apply sitting at the
gate in the sun with q glass O. milk
an pipe
He persuaded 'er at last, and. In q
fit O generosity. gave 'er three shil-
lings to 60 shopping with. and as soon
as she was out o sight he went OF
with crutch and stick, smiling all
over is face. He met Dick Weed in
the road and they shook 'ands quite
friendly, and Job asked i'm to ave a
drink. Then Henery White and
some more chaps came along. and by
the time they got to the CaulifiOwer
they was as merry a party as you'd
wish to see.
Every man 'ad a pint o beer,
which Job paid for, not forgetting
Smith ITSELF, and Job closed is eyes
with pleasure as e took his.
land I'll trouble you for that five
pounds, Smith, e ses. smiling. I've
been without anything stronger than
milk for seven weeks. never thought
when l wrote that paper l was going
to earn my own money
HAS your wife gone shopping to-
day.? ses Smith, looking at i'm very
solemn.
Job Brown put is mug down on the
table and turned pale as ashes. Then
e got up and limped over to the bar.
"'Wot dyer mean he ses. choking.
"'She said she thought o doing
So ses Smith. wiping glass; she
came in yesterday and asked for that
five pounds she'd won. The doctor
came in with 'er and said she'd kept
you from Ticker for seven weeks, let
alone a month; so. according to the
paper, 'ad to give it TO 'er. 'ope
done right, Job?'
Job didn't answer i'm a word.
good or bad. He just turned 'is back
on him, and, picking up is crutch
and. is stick. hobbled of 'ome. Hen
cry White tried to make i'm stop and
ave another pint. but he wouldn't.
He said he didn't want is wife to find
i'm out when she returned"
Practical Politics.
Il don't see much sense In this
spelling reform movement" declared