The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
.JAIID!
Bill Hepburn, Our ATtiStiGk Blacksmith
Comes to Grief & Is Placed in
Duranes Vile Where He LangHish-
ed 0Vsmits---LiCkeT The Cause Of
Bills DoWnfaH---A Sad, Sad Les
son
son

Bill Hepburn, our artistick black
smith, has al last come 70 greet be
cause OF his fondness for the demon
rum. and as Z result Bill has not dis
played hisself, being as he disgTased
bis wife. and disgrased the far name
Of Bingville. If Bill amt got no self
respeckt OF his own left. he ought TO
/ have some consideration for the self
/ respeckt OF others Bill has always
| Dragged that he could take whiSkey or
/ let II alone. but everybody IN Bingville
knows that whenever Bill gets a chaust
10 take whiskey, he never lets i alone
Bill has took the pledge never to let
another drop OF Ticker pass his lips
more times than he's got fingers and
toes, but what good had that ever did
him? No good Only Tuesday Of last
week, after Bill had just recovered
from a spree and was full OF remorse,
he brought his fist down n Hen
Weathersby's store before a lot Of
witnesses almost hard enuf to split
the counter. and said he'd never tech
another drop Of whiskey TO his diving
| day, and last Saturday he went straight
to the Co. seat and got full. with the
folleTing result:
| Bill left BingviIIe early last Satur-
day morning in his buggy, driving his
old gray mare, Polly. According to
reliable informashion, Bill arrove al
the Co. seat about 70 A. N. and soor
as he could hitch Polly IN front Of 3
saloon be went inside and begin tc
Ticker Up-
By about noon Bill was IN Z nasty
and disagreesble condishion- he wen
from the saloon TO the hotel 10 &c
his dinner, and them as was present Il
the dining room says that the way h
ackted at the table was simply sckan
daIious. He split his coffee IN his IA
. and jug himself IN the cheek with
table fork while trying to find n
mouth. This made Bili so mad tbEt \
grabbed I'D 4 plate and thToWsd Il z
!. one OF the LADY waters narreriy miss
ing hitting her head Now e1erybod,
knows that Bill would not Of did
thing ike this II ne had been sober
: being as hc IS always very pcTlite All
respecl(tful TO the ladies'
The girl complained to the propri
.tor, who complained TO j policeman
and the policeman come into the hotc
and placed Bill under arrest, tellin
Thin to come along to the Co jail
Bil told the policeman he guessed h
would wait until ne finished his dir
ner. Then the policeman grabbed Bill
: Bill grabbed the policeman, and WIZ
a foIlered almost beggerS descripshior
7 They fought all over the dinin
Q room, so we understand, upsettin
; tables, scattered vittles al over Ii
If floor and broke enaff dishes to set L
S housekeeping with Consternatio
d reigned supreme. It seems Bill va
getting the best Of the policeman whe
IS 2 other policemen rushed II, and the
Ie OF them managed TO drag Bill to Il
is Co. Jail and clap him into solitary COZ
h hnement, but not until they had almo
# Hammered him into state OF unckoi
J. shiousness with their clubs.
" When Bill failed TO return hon
ID Saturday ev'g. as ushual, Mrs He
burn was tuTrible uneasy, feering th
er lpTobly Bill had met with some b
ct end; as a result she didn't sleep VII
in4en Saturday night Sunday mOrmi
ks she told her feers to Brad Hinsley al
he Brad finally consented to drive to {
lie Co. seat and see what had become
Bin %Aeh tedone Mhen,-BIad :